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No W had the fon of Jore mature^ attained The joyful prime : when youths elate and gajr} Steps into life ; and follows tuureftrain^d Where paiSon leads, or prudence points the way* Jn the pure mind, at thoie ambigooas years^ Or vice, rank weed, firft ftrikes her poisonous root ; Ot haply virtue's opening bud appears By juft degrees ; fair bloom of faireft &uit : For, if on youth's untainted thought impreft. The generous purpofe itill ihall warm the manly breaft; 11. As on a day, reflef^ing on his age For higheft deeds now ripe, Alcides fought Retirement; nurfe of contemplation fage ; Step following fiep, and thought fucceeding thought : Vot. m. A Mufi»j> [2 ] Mafing, witk fteady peace the youth purfa'd * His walk ; and loll in meditation llray^d ^Fat in a lonely vale^ with folitade Converiing ; while intent his mind forvey'd The dubious path of life : before him lay Heise Virtue*8 rough afccn^ there Pleafiire's flowVy way* III. Much did the view divide his wavering mind : Now glow^'d his breaft with generous thirft of fame ; Now love of eafe to fofter thoughts inclined His yielding foul, and quench'd the riiing flame. When, lo I far off two female forms he fpies ; Dired to him dieir ft^s they feem to bear : « Both, large andtall, exceeding human fize ; Both far exceeding human beauty, fair. Graceful, yet each with different grace, they move : This, ftriking facred awe ; that, fofter, winning )ove« iv: The firft, in natve dignity furpafs'd ; Artlefs atid unadom'd fhe pleas'd the more : Health, o^er her looks, a genuine lufbe caft ; A veft, more white than new-fairn ihow Ihe wore* Auguft (he trod, yet modefl was her air ; Serene her eye, yet darting heavenly fire. Still ihe drew near; and nekrer fliil more £ur. More mild appeared: yet fuch as might infpire Pleafure oorre£ted with an aweful fear $ MajeitiGally fweet, and uuftbly ftvm. V.Thc V. fine other dame TeemM cv'n of fairer hue t Bat bold her mieii; ungaardcd roy*d her ere: And her fliiih*d chcek$ confefs'd at nearer rienr The borrow'd blufhcs of an aftfiil dye. All*ibft and dfiCcate, ivith airy fwim Lightly ihe danc'd along ; her robe betray'd Thro' the ckar textore cv^ry tender limb. Heightening the charms it only feem'd to fhadr : And as it flow'dadown, fo loofeandihin^ Her ftature (hcw'4 moxe tall j more fnowy-white,' VL Oft with a fmile (he view'd herfclf afkance; Ey*n on her fliadea confdous look ihe threw; Then all around her call a carelefs glance. To nark whatgaaing eyes her beamy drew. As they csune near» before that other maid Approaching decent, eagedy (he prefs'd With hafty ftcp ; nor of repuWc afraid. With freedom bland the wondVing youth addrefs'd ; With winning fondnefs on his neck (he hung j Sweet as the honey -dew fiow'd her enchanting tongue* VII. ** Dear Hercules, whence this unkind delay ? Dt^ youth, what doubts can thus diftra£t thy mind ? Securely follow, where I lead the way ; And range thro' wilds of pleafure unconfin'd. A a -« WiOi [43 *' With mc retire, from noife, and pain, and care ^ *< Embath'd in blifs, and wrapt in endiefs eafe : ** Rough is the road to fame, thro' blood and war j '^ Smooth is my way, and all my paths are peace, ** With me retire, from toils and perils free ; " Leavchonour to the wretch! Pleafures were made for thee. VIII. « Then will I grant thee all thy foul's defire ; f All that may charm thine ear, and pleafe thy fight : " AU that thy thought can frame, or wilh require, " To fteep thy ravifh'd fenfes in deUght. " The fumptuous feaft,enhanc'd with mufic's found; ?* Fitteft to tune the melting foul to love : Rich odours, breathing choiceft fweets arOund ; The fragrant bow'r, cool fountain, Ihady grove : ** Frclh flowers, to ftrew thy couch, and crown thy head j *^ Joy ihall attend thy fteps,andeafefhallfmooth thy bed. IX. *< Thcfe will I, freely, conftantly fupply 5 '^ Pleafuresj not earned with toil, nor mix'd with woe : '* Far from thy reft repining want fhall fly ; " Nor labour bathe in fweat thy careful brow. *f Mature the copious harveft fhall be thine ; ** Let the laborious hind fubdue the foil : " Leave the rafti foldier fpoils of war to win j *« Won by the foldier thou flialt fliare the fpoil : ** Thefe fofter cares my bleft allies employ, '^ New pleafmes to invent; to wifh, and to enjoy.'* X. Her [5] Her winning voice the youth attentive caoght : He gaz'd impatient on the fmiling maid ; Still gaz'd, and liftenM : then her name befought • ** My name, fair youth, is Happinefs, (he faid. " Well can 'my friends this cnvy'd truth maintain : «« They fhare my blifs ; they beft can fpeak my pndfe : '' Tho* flander call me Sloth-^Detra£tion vain I. " Heed not what flander, vain detrader, fays : " Slander, ftill prompt true merit to defame j « To blot the brighteft worth, and Waft the faireft na^ne.'! XL By this, arrived the fair majeftic maid : (She all the while, with the fame modeft pace. Composed advanced.)*' Know, fiercules, ibe faid With manly tone, " thy birth of heav'|ily race ; f ' Thy tender age that lov'd ^iiftru£tion*s voice. Promised thee generous, patient, brave and wife ; When manhood Ihould confirm thy glorious choice : Now expedtation waits to fee thee rife. . » Rife, youth ! Exalt thyfelf, and me : approve Thy high defcent from heav'n ; and dare be worthy JoNre* XII. * * But what truth prompts, my tongue (hall not di%uife ; f' The fteep afcent muilrbe with toil fubdu*d : ", Watchings and cares muft win the lofty priz^ • tt Pxopos'd by heav'n ; true blifi, and real good. A 3 !f Honouf *< Honour rewards the brave and bold alone ; ' '< What dangers^ gettde youth, fhe bids thee prove ? ( Abrapt fays Sloth) *' ill fit Ay tender age ** Tamult and wars ; fit age, for joy and love. ** Turn, gemde youth, tome, to love and joy I <* To thefe I lead : no monfters here ihall ftay ** Thine eafy coorfe ; no cares thy peace annoy : *' I lead to blifs a nearer, fmoother way. " Short is my way; fair, eafy, fmooth, and plain: ^* Turn, gentle youth ! With me eternal pleafures reign,** XVL ** What pleafures, vain miflaken wretch, are thine I (Virtue with fcom replyM :) ** who fleep'ftin eafe ** Ihfenf^te ; whofe foft limbs the toil decline ^' That feafons blifs, and makes exyoyment pleafe. ** Draining the copious bowl, ere third require; f' Feafting, ere hunger to the feaft invite : ** Whofe taflelefs joys anticipate defire ; •* Whom luxury fupplies with appetite : ** Yet Nature loaths ; and you employ in vaia f^ Variety and art to conquer her difdain. XVII. '' The fparkling ne£lar, cool'd with fummer (hows ; ^' The dainty board, with choicefl viands fpread ; ** To thee are taftelefs all ! Sincere repofe fj Flics from thy flow'ry couch and downy bed. A 4. f ' For [8] <' For Uioa art only tir'd with indolence ; 5 ' Nor is thy deep, with toil and labour bought s " Th' imperfca flccp diat lulls thy languid fcnfi? <' In dull oblivious interval of thought : *' That kindly fteals th* inadive hours away ** From the long, ling*ring fpace, that lengthens out the day. ^ XVIII. << From bounteous nature's unexhanfted ftorcs 5' Flows the pure fountain of fincere delights : *' Averfe to her, you wafte the joylefs hoars ; y Sleep drowns thy days, and riot rules thy nights. " Immortal tho* thou art, indignant Jove f^ HurPd thee from heaven, th* immortals blifsful place j *' For ever baniih'd from the realms above, *' To dwell on ear^, with man's degenerate race: <' Fitter abode ! On earth alike difgrac'd ; j[f Rejedled by the wife, and by the fool embrace. XIX, *• Fond wretch, that vainly weeneft all delight ;' To gratify the fenfe referv'd for thee ! «« Yet the moft pleafmg objeft to the fight, • f Thine own fair action, never didft thou fee. «* Tho' luU'd with fofteft founds thou lieft along ; 5* Spftmufic, warbling voices, melting lays: '* Ne'er did'ft thou hear, more fweet than fweeteftfong *• Charming the foul, thou ne'er didft hear thy praife ! When to thy grafp he gave the fcepter of the main^ That empire in this favoured land, Fix'd on religion's folid bale fhould ftand ? When from thy ftruggling neck he broke Th' inglorious, galling, papal yoke. Humbled the pride of haughty Spain, And iree'd thee by a woman-hero's hand ; He then confirmed the ftrong decree : " Briton, be virtuous and be free i «« Be truth, be fanftity thy guide : •• Be humble : fear thy Gdd i and fear tfaon none befidc. III. Oft has th' offended pow'r his rifing anger fluvMni : Led on by his avenging hand Rebellion triumphs in the land : [thrown. Twice have her barbarous fotos our war-train'd hofts o'er- They fell a cheap inglorious prey ; Th' amUtioas viaor's boaft was half fupprcft. While heav'n-bred fear, and wild difinay, Unmatfd the warrior's heart, and reign'd in every brea4. IV. Her arms to faretgn knd» Britannia bore j Her arms, aufpicipas now no more ! With frequent «)nquefta where the fires wer^ crownM j The fons iU-feted feU, and bit the hoftile ground ; The t «4 J The tame, war-tradi»g Belgian fled. While in his cauie the Briton Ued : The GmI fiood wondering at his own faecefs ^ Oft did his hardieft toids their wonted fears confefs. Struck widi di&»y, and nediutbg flight $ While die brave foe ftiU iug*dch' unequal iight. While WiLi^iAM, with has father^s ardour fir'd, Throughallth' iindaoBtedhoilthegeQenoas flame infpir'd f V- . But heancrfiu- the weight of fliaaae That funk BfitaoaxaV naval fame: In vain ihe fpreads her once-vi^loriolis feils ; Or fear, or rafhnefi, in her chiefs prevails ; And wildly thefe prevent, thofe bafely fliun the fight > Coatem: with hotmbte praiie^ thefoe Avoids the long-impeoding blow ; Jfliqproves the kind eicape, and trimnphs in his fights VI. The monftrotts agc^ wtuch fiill cacicafiag yean debafe, Whiditeemswithux&nowiicrimes,aadgcndersAewdifgrace^ Firft, unreftrattt'd by honoiff,. fekh, or ihaaae. Confounding erery facred name. The hallow'd nuptial bed with lawlefs lull: profanM : DerivM from this poilitDed fource The dire corruption held its coohfe Through the whde cankerM race, and tainted all the land. VIL The [15 1 VII. The ripening maid is vers'd in every dangeroui an, Tiiat ill adorns the form while it corrapts the heact : Pradis*d to drefs, to dance, to play, - In wanton malk to lead the way. To move the pliant limbs, to roll the loring eye ; With folly's gayeft partisans to vye In empty noife and vain expence ; To celebrate with flamidng air The midnight revels of the fair ; Studious of ev'xy praife, but virtue, truth, and ieafe« VIII. 1 Thus leflbnM in infrigae her early thon^t improves. Nor meditates in vain forbidden loves : Soon the gay nymph in Cyprus* train fliall lOve Free and at large amid th* Idaltan grove; Or haply jealous of the voice of famip, Ma(k.*d in the matron's fober name. With many a well-difTembled wile The kind, convenient huj(band*s care bega3e : More deeply vers'd in Venus' myftick lore. Yet for fuch meaner arts too lofty and fublime. The proud, high-born, patrician whore. Bears unabafh'd her front % and glories in her crime. IX. Hither from city and from court The votaries of love refort ; Tlie f 15] The rich, the great, the gay, and the fcrere j The penflon'd archited^ of laws ; The patriot, loud in virtue's caufe ; Proud of imputed worth, the peer ; Regardlefs of his faith, his country, or his namei He pawns his honour and eftate; Kor reckons at how dear a rat«i 'He purchafes difeafe, and fervitude, and ihame. X. Not from fuch daftard fires, to. every virtue loft. Sprung the brave youth which Britain once could boaft : Who curb'd the Gaul's ufurping fway. Who fwept th' unnumbered hofts away, InAgincourt, and Creily's glorious plain; Who dyM the feas with Spanifh blood. Their vainly^ vaunted fleets fubdu'd, And fpread the mighty wreck o'er all the vanquiih'd main. XI. No; — 'twas a generous race, by worth tranfmiffive known : In their bold l^eaft their fathers fpirit glow'd ; In their pure veins their mothers virtue flow'd : They made hereditary praife their own. The^re his emulous offspring led The rougher paths of fame to tread ; The matron train'd their fpotlefs youth In honour, fandity, and truth ; Form'd by th' united parents care. The fons,tho' bold, were wife ; the daughters chafie,tho' fair. XII. How ri7i XII. How timei a]l-wafting» rr'n the word impftirt. And each foul age to dregs ftiU fouler runs ! Oar fires, more vicious ev*n than theirty Le/t its, . ftill more degenerate heirs. To ipawn a bafer brood of monfter-breeding ions. P S Y C H E: OR, The Great Metamorphosis^ A P O £ M> nitrittiM in hntaiim of SriNsia. I. WHERE early Phcebas fheds his milder beams. The happy gardens of Adpnis ky : There Time, well pleased to wonne, a ^utfa befeemf, Ne yet his wings were fledged* ne locks were grey % Roand him infweet accord the Seiifons play With iruits and bloflbms metnt, in goodly gree % And dancing hand in hand rejoice the lea. Sick gardens now no mortal wight can fee, Ne mote they in my fimple verfe defcriven be^ 11. . The tempered dime full many a tree^aifords ; Thofe many trees blufh forth with ripened fr^te ; The bluihing fruite to feaft invites the birds; The. birds with plenteous feafts their ftrcngth lecruite % Vol. IJI. JB Asi C i« ] And warble fongs more fwect than (hcpherd's flute. The gentle ftream that rolPd the ftones among, ^ Charmed with the place, almofi: forgot its foite; * But lift'ning and refponding to the fong, Loitering, and winding often, murmured elong* III. Here Panacea, here Nepenthe grew. Here Polygon, and each ambrofial weed ; Whofe vertues could decayed health renew. And, anfwering exhaufted nature'sf need. Mote eath a mortal to immortal feed. Here lives Adonis in unfading youth ; CelefHal Venus grants him that rich meed. And him fucceffive evermore renew'th. In recompence fof all his faithful love and truth. IV. Not ihe, I ween, the wanton queen of love. All buxom as the waves from whence ihe rofe. With her twin fons, who idly round her rove. One Eros hight, the other Anteros ; Albeit brothers, diiFerent as foes : This fated, fullen, apt for bickerment ; That hungry, eager, fit for derring-does. That flies before, with fcorching flames ybrent ; # This foll'wing douts thofe flames with pecvifli difcontcnt. V- Cclefiial [ 19] V. CelefUal Venus does fuch ribaulds ihun» Ne dare they in her purines to be feen ; But Cupid's torch, fair mother's faireft fon» Shines with a fteady nnconfnming iheen ; Not fierce, yet bright, coldnefs and rage between. The backs of lyons felloneft he ftrod ; » And lyons tamely did themfelres amene ; On nature's wild fiiU fov'reignly he rod i Wild natures, chang'd, confcfs'd the mild puiffant god. VI. A beauteous Fay, or heav'n-defcended ipright. Sprung from her fire, withouten female's aid, (As erft Minerva did) and Pfyche hight. In that inclofure happy fojoum made. No art fome heei'd uncomelynefs betray'd. But nature wrought her many-colonr'd ftole ; Ne tamifh'd like an ^diiopian maid, Scorch'd with the funs that ore her beauties roll ; Ne faded like the dame^ who bleach beneath the pole. VII. Nor ihame, nor pride of borrow'd fubftance wrought Her gay embroidery and ornament : But fhe who gave the gilded infed's coat Spun the foft filk, and fpread the various ttint : B 2 Ho [ M 1 Tie gilded infe&^s colours yet were ftint To thbfe whidf nature for this fury wove. Our grannoms thus with diff'rent dies befpcent. Adorned is naked majefty the, grove, Ckarm'd our great firesj and warm'd ourftozendime tolof cf^ viri. On either fide^ and all adown her back^ With many a ring at equal diAance plac*d» Contraiy to the reft, was heben black, l^Tith fhades of green, quick changing as Ihe pafi'd? All were on ground-work of bright gold orecaft. The black gave livelood to the greeniih hue. The green (till deep'd the heben ore it lac'd ; The gold, that peep'd atween and then withdrew. Gave luftre to them botl^ and charm'd the wondVing viewv IX. Tt feem'd Vke arras, wrought with cunning ikiK, Where kindly meddle colours, light, and ihade : Hero flows the flood ; there rififig wood or hill Breaks off its coorfe i gay verdure dies the mead. The ftream, depeinten by the glitt^rand braid, Xmong the hills now winding feems to hide jf Now fliines unlookM for thro' the op*ning glade^ Now in full torrent pours its golden tyde f Hills, woods, and meads refreih*d^ rejoicing by its fide; X.Her tt [ai] X. Her Capid lov*!, whom Pfyche lov*cl itgain. He, likelier parent and her belamoor. Sought how ihe mote in fickerneft remuo» From all malenginc fafe, and evil floor. " Go tender coiTet, faidhe, fbrrayore Th^fe walks and lawnds ; thine all thefe bpflcett axe; Thine pry (hrub, thine ev'y fruite and Sowo* : Bat oh i I charge thee, love^ the roft forbear ; For prickles (harp do arm the dangVoos rofiere^ XL ^' Prickles will pain« and pain will banifli love : I charge thee, Pfyche^ then the rofe forbear. When faint and fick^ thy languors to remove^ *' To yon ambrofial fhrabs and plants repair ; '* Thou weeteft not what Qied'cines in them are : ** What wonders follow thdr repeated ofe '' N/ote thjr weak feoiie^onceiTe» ihould I declare; *' liieir laboured balm> and weU-concoded juice. New life» new fprms, new thewf » new joys, new worlds XII, [pro^ocQ. Thy term of tryal paft with conftancy, ^ That wimpling flough (hall fall like filth away i " On pinions broad, uplift^ to the iky, ** Thou Ihalt, aftrtt, thy ftrangcr felf furvqr. 4t 44 44 [ 22 ] " Together, Pfyche, will we climb and play . «* Together wander throagh the fields of air, *' Beyond where funs and moons mete night and day. •* I charge, O my love, th^ rofe forbear, y If thott wouldft fcathe avoid. Pfyche, forewarn^, beware ^ XIII. . ** How fweet thy words to my enchanted ear ! (With grateful, modeft confidence fhe faid) ** If Cupid fpeak, I could for ever hear : Truft me, my love, thou ihalt be well obey*d. What rich purveyance for me haft thou mad^e. The prickly rofe alone denied ! the reft •* In full indulgence giv'n ! 'twere to upbraid *' To doubt compliance with this one requeft : y How fmall, and yet how kind, Cupid, is thy bebe^ft ! XIV. ^* And is that kindnefs made an argument ■* To raife me ftill to higher fcencs of bjifs I ** Is the acceptance of thy goodnefs meant V Merit in me for farther happtnefs ? *^ No merit and no argument, I wifs, '* Is there befides in me unworthy maid : •* Thy gift the very love I bear thee is. *? Truft me, my love, thou ihalt be well obey'd ; f * To doubt compliance here, Cupid, w^rc to upbraid." XV.Withr r^3] XV, Wichottten countfifefaonce thus (he (poke s Unweeting of her frailty. Light uprofe Capid on eafy wing : yet tender look. And .oft reverted eye on her beftows ; Fearfiill, but not diftruftfull of her vows' And mild regards (he back refleds on him : With aching eye purfcies him as he goes ; With aching heait marks each dimini(h*d limb s Till indiftin^t, difos'd and loft in air he feem* XVI. He went to fet the watches of the eaft. That none n^ote rtiih in with the ty de of wind : He went to Venus & make fond requeft From fleihly ferm to loofen Pyfche*s mind. And her eftfoons tranfmew. She forelore pinM ; And mov*d for iblace to the glafly lake« To view the charms that had his heart entwtn*d. Shefaw, and bloih*d and fmil'd ; then inly fpake : ** Thefe charms I cannot chafe bat love, for Captd*s fake.*! XVII. Biat fea-bom Venus 'gan with envy ftir At broite of their great happinefs ; and fought How (he mote wreak her fpight : then call'd to her Her foBS^ and op'd what rankled in her thought ; B 4 Atking Afking who'd venture ore the mounds to vau-C To breed them fcathe anwares ; to damp the joy Of blifsful Venus^ or to bring to nought The liefeft purpoie of her darling boy. Or urge them both their minion Pfydie to deAroy. XVIIL Eros recul*d, and noul-d the work atchiei^e. '* Behold is th' attempt, faid he, av^rfc from love ; *^ If love ini^ires I could derreign to reave " His (pear from Mars, his levin-brond from Jove. Him Anteros, fnebM Airly. ** Gallefs dove ! '* Thanlove*8, fpight*s mightier prowefs onderftond ; ^' If ipight infpires I dare all dangers prove ; ^' Andif fttCGefsia], ftandthelevin-brond, 5* When hui^en angry forth firom Jove!s avenging hond. XIX. He faid, and deffly towards the gardens flew s Horribly fmiling at his foul empriie. When, nearer ftill and nearer as he drew> Unfufierable brightnefs wounds his eyes Forth beanung from the oyfbd walls ; he tries Arrear to move, ayerted froin the blaze. But now no longer the pure aether buoys His groifer body's difproportion'd peaze ; Downdrops,pliunbfrQ9i his towering path^thetreachor bafe.. 3 XX. S^ XX. ' So oi« Airernos, or the Lacrine lake,' The wiftlefs biird pmfaes his piirpos*d flight s Whether by vapours noy*d that thenceforth break^ Or elfe deferted by an air too lights Down tambles the fowl headlong from his height. So Anteros aftonied fUl to ground, ProvokVl, but not accoid at his ftraange plight. He roie, and wending coails it ronnd and round To find unguarded pafs, hopelefs to leap the mound. XXI. As on the m^rpn of a fbeam he ftood. Slow rolling from that paradife within, A fnake*8 out-cafe untenanted he view'd : Seizing ^e fpoil» fdbeit it worthlefs been. He darts himfelf into the vacant ikin. In borrow^ gear, th* exulting lofel glides, Whofe faded hues with joy flufli brigh( again ; Triumphant ore the buoyant flood he rides i And fhoots th' important gulph, borne on the gentle tydei. XXII. So flione the brazen gates of Babylon ; Annies in vain her muniments aflfail : So ftroag, no engines could them batter doWn : So high, no ladders could the rampvts fcale i ' So r 2tf ] So flankM with towVs, befiegers ii*ote avaS ; So vfide, raffioent hanrefts they cndofe : But where might yields, there fbatagems prerail* Faithlefs Euphrates thro' the city flows. And through his channel pours the unexpeded foes. XXIII. He fails along in many a wanton fpire ; Now floats at length, now proudly rears his creft : His fparkling eye^ and fcales, inftin^ with fire. With fplender as he moves, the waves ore kell : And the waves gleam beneath his flaming bread. As through the battle, fet in fuU array, * When the fun walks in radiant bnghtnefs drefs'd s His beams that on the burnifli'd helmets play. The bumiiU'd h^Lins tefledl, and fpread umtfual day, XXIV. . . So on he fares, and flately wreatjis about. In femblaunce like a feraph glowing bright; But without terror flafli*d his lightnings out, ^ 'More to be wonder'd at, than to siiFright* The backward ftreara foon led the mafker right To the broad lake, where hanging ore the flood (Narcifliis like, enamoured with the fight Of his own beauties) the fond Pfyche itood. To mitigate the pains of lonely widowhood. XXV. Uii. [^7 J XXV. ItTnkennM of her« be ranght th* embroidered bank ; And through the tangled floorets weft alide To where a roficre by the river dank, Lttxariant grew in all its blowing pride^ Not far from Pfyche ; arm'd with fcaly hide He clamb the thorns, which no impreilion makei His glittering length, with all its folds untied. Plays floating ore the bu(h : then filence brake. And thus the nymph, aflonied at his fpeech, beipake. . • xxvr. ** O faireft, and moft excellent, compleat " In all perfe6Uons, fov*reign queeii of nature f ' ** Thfe whole creation bowing at thy feet " Sabmiffive pays thee homage ! wondVous creature, ^* If ought created thou! for every feature ^ Speaks^ thee a goddefs iflued from the ikie ; ** Oh ! let not me offend, unbidden waiter, ^* At aweful diflfance gazing thus! — But why ^' Should- gazing thus offend ? or how unbidden I ? . XXVII. ^* The fun that wakes thofe flourets froni their beds, "Or opes thcfe buds by his foft influence, ^' Is not offended that they peep their heads, '* And ihew tiiey feel hi^ powV by their quick fenfe, *« OffVing t 2JJ 3 ^* Off *ring at his command, their fweet incenfr ; «' T}uu I, drawn here, by thy f nliv^ning nys, *f (Call aot intrafion my obedience I) ** Perforce, yet willing thrall, am come to gaze, ^* To pay my l^ojnage meet, and baik i^ beai^ty^s blaze.^ XXVIII. A^ae*d (he fioo!4» Qor conjld recover foon : From contemplatipn fuddenly abraid ; Starting at fpeei|:h onjifual : yetthetpi^e Stf ack foot}y on he^ ear, a;^d concert madf? With her own thoughts. Nor with left pleafiire firayH Her eyes delighted o'er h^s glpjQy fkiii j Yet fn ^hted af the thori^ on which he playM ; Pleafure with horror ^lixt 1 ihe hong between Siffpended; yields, xecpils, ancprtain where to Un. XXIX. At length fhe fpoke : ** Reptile, no charms I know *' Such as you mention : yet what e'er they are, «« (And nill I leilen what |:he go4s bcftow) <« T(ieir is thp gift, and bp the tribnte their f *^ For them thefe beauties I improve with care, f * Intent to them alone from eve to mom* ** But reed me, reptile, whence this wonder rare, ** That thou haft fpeech, as if to reafon bom ? *< And how, unhurt you fport on that forbidden thear *< To (harp that wit, too keen !-— Touch not the ro&tri^\ XXXVIII. Uncheckt, iftdnlgM, her growing paffions rife : Wonder, to fee him fafe, and hear hit telling ; Aihbition vain, to be more fair and wife ; And rage, at CupidV mifconceiv*d falfe dealing : Variotts the gaits, but, all One way impelling; She pladg'd into the bofom of the tfee. And fnatch*d the rofe, no dreaded pain or quelling: Off drops the foake, nor farther ftdd to fee ; ' fibt rulh*d into the flood, and vaiiiih'd prefently. XXXIX. Foil many a diom her tender body rent] Full mamy a thorn widiiii the wounds remaitf; And throbbing caufe continual drerimenti While goiy drops her dainty fi>rm diibdn. She wiihe< her loft innocence again/ And hei^ loft peace, loft charms, loft lov^ to find i But fhamc upbraids her with a wiih fo vain : Defpair fucceeded, and avcrfion blind ; Pain ills her tortured fenfe« and horror cloikU her mind. XL. Her t53] XL. tier bleeding, faint, diforderM^ woe-begon, Stretcht bn the bank befidethe fatal thorn» Venas who came to feek her With her fon> Beheld. She ftopM : And albe heav'nly bom, Ruthful of others woe, began to mourn. The loil of Venus* fmiles lick natoni found ; As firoft-nipt drops the bldom, the birds forelom Sit hufh'dv thi faded fun fpreads dimnefs round ; The datt^ring ihUnders crafli, and earthquakes rock the XLI. [ground. Then arming widi a killing froivn her brow ; *' Die, poor unhappy"— Cupid fuppliant broke Th' uafinifh'd fentence ; and with dueful bow Beg'd her to doff the keennefs of her look. Which nature feeling to her center ihook. '' Then hdw itiould Pfyche bear it ? Spare the maid; **^ *Tis plain that Anteros his fpight has wroke : ** Shall vengeance due to him, on her be laid ? '' Oh ! let xAe run, and reach th^ ambroiial balms," he faid. XLIL " Ah what would Cupid aflc ? the queen replies -, •* Can all thofe balms reftote her peace again ? ** Wouldft thou a wretched life immortalize ; ** Wouldft thou protra^ by potent hetbs, her pain ? Vol. III. C "Love J 4t I 34 1 ** Love bids her die; thy cniel wifli refirain* ** Why then (qooth he) in looms of fate were wove] '* The lives of tfaofe, in long focceflive train, ** From her tt> fpring, thro^ yon bright tra£b to rove ? f Dae to the ikyes> and meant to fhine in fields above ? XUIL Say, would thy goodnefs envy them the light Appointed for diem, or the good prevent ** FoteEeai fiom them toriow ? eradng quite ** The whole creation thro* ave^gement ? ^* One only (pedes from its order rent, ^' The whole creation ihrivels to a ihade.— — €* _ Better all vanifh'd, faid flie, than be meint " In wildxonfufion ; through free will mifled, f< And tempted to go wrong from puniihmeat delayed.**. XLIV. <' Let me that exemplary vengeance bear, (Benign returned her amiable fon :) ** Jttlliceon her would lofe its aim ; fevere <* In vain, produdUveofnogood; for none ^* Could by that defolating blow be won. ** So falls each generous purpofe of the will 5' Correift, exdnguiih'd by abortion : '^ Whence juftice would its own intendments fpiU i !! And cut oflF vertu^, by the ftroke meant vice to kill. XLV, " Yet l35l XLV. ** Yet left imj^aiiicy flioiild forehead give *' To tIcc, in me let guik adopted find <' A vidtim ; here a while vouchfafe me lire ** Thy proof ofjvSact, mixt with mercjr kind I** «< — Oh I ftrange reqaefls (q«oth ihc) of pit^ blind ! <* How fhotildft thoa fafftfr, who didft ne'er offend ? '' How canft thoa bear to be from me difloinM f " To wander here, where nature 'giii« to wend *< To wafte and wildern^&, and pleaffures have an end ?^ XLVI. " You, Venus, feffer, (feid fee) whea you firike •' Not for your own» but others foul oftncc ; •* Why not permitted I to do the like, *« When greater good, I fee, will coul fiom thence I ** That g]:eater good orepays all punifhments ; «' And makes my fuFrings, pleafare : if they ftctfi «• A means to conquer Anteros, dlipenfe " Healing to Pfyche^s wounds, regain her love, •• And lead her, wiA her happy fons, to realms above.!} XLVII. «« To thy intreaties Pfyche's life I give. Replied th' indulgent mother to her fon : •« But yet deform'd, and minifli'd let her live i « Till thou (halt grant a better change forcdone ; C 2 **Nof [ 36] " Nor ihall that change, bittthro^ death gates be won. <' This meed be thine^ ore her and hers to reigft I ** Already nature puts her horrors on : ** Away ! — I to my bow'r of blifs again I '' Thou to thy tafk of love, and voluntary pain.** XLVIII. She went ; and like a fhifted ftage« the f(pehe Vaniih*d at once; th* ambrofial plants were loft -, The jarring feafons brought on various teen ; Each fought, each fecking, each by other croft. Young {jpring to fummer flies from winter^s froft ; While fweltry fummer thirftis for antumn^s bowl. Which autunm holds to winter ; winter toft With fcorn away, young fpring inflames his foul : Sdll craving, never pleasM,thus round and round they roll. XLIX. Th* inclement airs bind up the fluggifh foil ; T'he fluggifh foil the toilfomc hand requires : Yet thanklefs pays with four harfli fruits the toil ; Ne willing yields, but ragged thorns and briers. Birds, birds purfue; as hunger's rage ini^ires: Their fweeteft fongs are now but fongs of woe. Here from th' encroaching fliorc the wave retires j There hoarfe floods roar ; impetuous torrents flow ; Invade the land, and the fcarce harvefts overthrow. L. Stretcht i 37 1 Stretcht on the bank eftfoons th* inviting fonn Of Pfyche faded ; braced up lank and ilim^ Iter dwindled body (hrunk into a wonn : Her make new-moulded, changed in ev*iy limb ; Her colours only left, all pale and dim : Doomed in a caterpiller's fhape to lout. Her paffions ill fuch werthlefs thing befeem ; Pride, rage, and vanity to banifh out. She creeping crawls, and drags 9 loathfome length about. LI. How Cupid wafh'd her noifome filth awa^ ; What arts he tried to w^n her love again ; By what wiles guileful Anf ros did aiTay^ By leafing, ftill her recreant to maintain. And reader Cupid*s kindly labours vain : Their combat, Cupid's conqueft, Pfyche's crown, (My day's fet tafk here ended) muft remain Unfung ; far nobler verfemote diey renown : Unyoke the toiled fleers, the weary fun gops down. C 3 JOVI JOVI ELEUTHERIO. Or, an Offering to LIBERTY. $ul/kam igifUr liber ? Sapiens, fihique imferiojus ; ^em neque pauferies, neque mors, neque vincula terrent : ReffonfareanayUe its powV, And every atom to its lord reftore : M 4 [ 48 3 As mixt with knaves, or fools, the weak, or brave^ A dupe, a plague, a tyrant, or a flave. ** What ihall I do ; how hit the happy mean '* *Twixt blind fubmiifion, and unruly fpleen ?'* Confolt your w^ch ; you guide your actions by^t ; And great its ufe, tho* not fop,ever right What tho* fome think implicit faith be due. And dine at twelve if their town*clock ftrike two ? Or others bravely fqair their watch away, Bifdain a gtide, and guefs the time of day f They gttefs io lucky, or their parts fo great. They come on all affairs, but juft tdo late i YoQ neither choofe. Nor ti-av'ling thro' the flitcft, Corred its hand by ev^ry one you meet ; Yet fcruple not, if you fhould find at one It points to fix, to fet it by the Sun. Aim at the blifs that's fuited to thy ftatey Nor vainly hope for happinefs compleat> Some bounds imperfedl natures mail indude,- And vice and weaknefs feel defedlt of good. Nor is it blind necefiity alone ; Contriving wifdom, in the whole, we own : And in that.wifdom fatisfy'd may truft. In its reflraiiits, as merciful, as jnil. By thefe thy Telfifli pafiions it corrects > By thefe from wrong thy weaknefs it protects ; In fovcrcign power thy fafety's heaven's defign ; Some faults permitted, as the fcourge of thine. Abfurd [49] Abfttrd the wifli of all men, if txpnk ; £ach grieves that he^s not lord of all the reft. Why then (honld we complain, or thanklefs live, Becanfe not bleft with more than God can g^ve ) Would yott be fafe from others ? 'tis but dae. That others alfo ihoold be fafe from yoa. It is not viltae wakes the dam'rotts throng ; Each claims th' excluiive privilege, to wrong. Whence ceafelefs faAion maft embroil the mad s Alike impatient, under A, or Zad. How patriot Cromwell fights for liberty ! He fhifts the yoke, then calls the nation free* He cannot bear a monarch on the throne i £ot vindicates his right— to role alone. Macheath roars out for freedom in his ceU ; And Tindal wifely would extinguifh hell. Macheath *s approved by all whom Tyburn awes. And trembling guilt gives Tindal*s page applaufe. O fage device, to fet the confdence free From dread! he winks; then fays that heav*n can^t fee. Both blindly plan the paradife of fools ; Peace without laws, and virtue without rules. Full of the Roman let the fchool-boy quote^ And rant all Lucan^s rhapfodies by rote. Gods ! (hall he tremble at a mortal's nod I His generous foul difdains the tyrant's rod. Forc'd to fubmit, at laft he taftes the fruit ; Finds wealth and honours bloiTom firom its root. VoL.m. D Would Woald thy yqnng fpal b^ lil^e the Roman free t From Romans paint thy form of Liberty : The godd^fs offers gifts from either hand ; • Th' anfpicious bonnet, with the Pr-ktor's wand j The privilege of thatwoul.d'ft thou not mifs. Bend, and fubmit beneath the $rok;e of this. See Furiofo on his keeper frown. Deprived the precions privilege todrow^ ; Greatly he claims a right to his undoing; The chains that hold him, hold him from his ruin* Kindly proceed ; ftrid difcipline dif^enfe ; Till water-gruel low'rs him down to fenfe. " Why this to me ? am i the froward boy, ^ Or knave to wrong, or madman todcftroy ^'* WiUthy denial prove that thou art none ! *Tis Newgate's logick : thou art all in one. • Blind to their good, to be inflrudled loth, ^ Men are bat children of a larger growth ; If no faperior force the will controul, Self-love's a villain, and corrupts the fouJ i Wild and deft; udive projedls fire our brains ; We all are madmen^ and demand our chains* Know your own fphere, content to be a man : Well pleas'd, t;o, be a$ happy as you can : Lofe not all ^ood, by fhunning ills in vain ;. 'Tis wifer to enjoy than to complain » Some • In this manner they rfjHcefcnt Lnt£RTT on their medals. * Diydeu in All for Lbve, Some evils mtift attend impetftft ftales i Bat difcontenf new worM$ of ill»^eates. Hafh thy complaii^a «or qoaael with thy God i If juft the ftroke, approve and kifs the rod. By man if injor*d» tttra iky eyes within i Thoa'lt find recorded feme qnpttniA*4 fitt < Then heav'n acquit : and with reg^ to man. Coolly th' amount of good and evil fcaii 2 If greater evils wait the wifli*d redreby Grieve not that tkoa ait free to choiethe left. Unknown to courts, ambition's thirft fobda*d. My leflim is to be obfcuiely good ; la lift^'s fliU ihade» which no a(aa*s e^vy draws» < To reap the ftnit of government and laws. In fortune's round, as on the globe, I know No top, no bottom, no where high or low 1 Where-ever flation'd, heav'n in profped ftill. That points to me, the zenith of her wheel. ** What f double tax'd, unpenfion'd, onprcfer'df " In fuch bad times be eafy ? moft abfurd I'* Yet heav'n vouchfafes the daily bread intreat^di And thefe bad time) have left me free to eat 1$; My taxes, gladly paid, their nature ihift; If juil, cheap purchafe i if unjuft, a gift : Nor knows ambition any rank fo gve|t 1 My fervants kings and miniftters of fiate I Da They «* Legum idcirco fsrviiumus^ utlibai efTe peflunus. V'C« [52] They watch my cooch, my humble roof defend j Their toil the means, my happincfs the end. My freedom to compleat, convinced I fee * Thy fervice, Heav'n, is perfed Liberty. The « will, conformed to thyccsleftial voice. Knows no reflraint ; for duty is her choice : What ills thou fendell, thankfully approve. As kind corre^ons, pledges of thy love ; . . In every change, whatever ftagc I run. My daily wiih fuceeeds; Thy will be done: mfJLi^eiv. Plut; de Audit. * lihvoiydtp, i ^Afiti\i^cUlMtAiv7%f, a^ fiiKovTOt ^£ffi. Ibid. m.p jdn Epifile from a Swiss Officer, T O H I S Friend at Rome. » ~ FROM horrid mountains ever hid ih fnow. And barren lands, and dreary plains below ; \ To you, dear fir, ttiy beft regards I fend. The weakefl reafoner, as the trueil friend. • . Your f 53] Your arguments, that vainly Utriye to pleafe. Your arts, your country, and your palaces i V/hat figns of Homan grandeur ftill remain-*— Much you have faid ; and much have faid in vain. Fine pageants thefe for flaves, to pleafe the eye ; And put the neateil drefs on mlfery ! Bred up to flav^ry and diiTembled pain. Unhappy man f you trifle with your chain : But (hould your friend with your defires comply. And fell himfelf to Rome and flavery ; He could not weaf his trammels with that ^t. Or hide the noble anguiih of his heart ; You'd foon repent the livery that yhn gavf ; For, truft me, I ihould make an awkward flave, Falfely you blame our barren rocks and plains, Happy in freedom and laborious fwains ; Our peafants cbearful to the ^eld repair. And can enjoy the labours of the year $ Whilft yours, beneath fome tree, with mournful eyes. Sees for his haughty lord his harvefls rife : Then filent iighs ; but flops his flavifli breath : He fllent flghs : for ihould he fpeak, 'tis death. Hence from our field the lazy grain we call. Too much for want, for luxury tqo fmall : Whilfl all Campania's rich inviting foil Scarce knows the plowfliare, or the reaper's toil. In arms we breed our youth. To dart from far* A^i aim aright the thunder of the wa^ ; D3 To r54T To whirl tlie fanlcMon, and direct the blowi To ward the ftroke, or bear upon the foe. Early in hardfhips thro' die woods they tty. Nor feel the piercing froft, or wintry fty ; Some prowling wolf or foamy boar to meet. And ilretch the panting favage at their feet : Inar*d by this, they feek a nobler war. And (how an honed: pride in ev'ry fear ; With joy the danger and the blood partake, Whilft evVy wound is for their country's fake. But, you, foft warriors, forc'd into the field. Or faintly ftrike, or impotently yield ; For well this univerfal truth you know, .Who fights for tyrants is his country^s foe. I envy not your arts, the Roman fchools, Tmprov'd, perhaps, but to inflave your fouls. May you to ilone, or nerves or beauty give. And teach the foft'ning marble how to live ; May you the paffions in your colours trace. And work up every piece with every grace ; In airs and attitudes be wond'rous wife. And know the arts topleafe, or to furprise ; In mufick's foftell found confume the day. Sounds that would melt the warrior's foul away : Vain efibrts thefe, an honeft fame to raife ; Your painters, and your eunuchs, be your praife : Grant us more real goods, you heav'nJy pow*)rs f Virtue, and arms, and liberty 4)e Ours. Weak i 55 3 Weak are jrour offers to the ftcc and brave j No bribe can purGhafe me to be a flave. Heat me^ ye rocks, ye mountaina, and yc plains^ The happy bounds of our Helvetian fwains ! In thee, my country, w41 1 fix my feat ; Nor envy the poor wretch, that would be great : My life and arms I dedicate to thee ; for, know, it is my int'reft to be free. LIFE burtbenfim^ becatfff we l^op not ho^f toufeit. » M E P I S T IL E. WHAT, fir, — a nvonth and not one line afford ? 'Tis well :— how finely fomc folk keep their wpidf I own my promife. — But to fteal an hour, *Midft all this hurry — 'tis not in my pow'r. Where life each day does one fix'd order keep, Succefiive journies, wcarinefs aftd fleep. Or if our fcheme fome interval allows. Some hours defign'd for thought ahd for repole Soon as the fcatterM images begin ^a (he mind to rally — company eomes in : P 4 Jleafon, Reafon, adiea ! there's no more room to think ; For all the day behind is noife and drink. Thus life rolls on, biit not without regret ; Whenever at morning, in fome cool retreat* I walk alone :-i«— *tis then in thought I viqjv Some fage of old ; 'tis then I think of yon : Whofe breaft no tyrant paiiions ever feize. No pulfe that riots, blood that difobeys ; Who follow but where judgment, points the way. And whom too bufy (enfe ne'er led aflray. Not that you joys with moderation fhun. You tafte all pleafures, but indulge in none. Fir^d by this image* I refolve anew : 'Tis reafon calls, and peace and joy's in view. How blefs'd a change ! a long adieu to fenfe : Oh (hield me, fapience ! virtue's reign commence ! Alas, how (hort a reign ? — the walk is o'er. The dinner waits, and friends fome half a fcore : At firft to virtue iirm, the glafs I fly ; 'Till fome ily fot,— « Not drink the family !'• Thus gratitude is made to plead for fin ; My trait'rous bread a party forms within : And inclination brib'd* we never want Excufe— ** 'Tis hot, and walking makes one faint." Now fenfe gets ftrength ;' my bright refolves decay, •% Like ftars that melt at the approach of day ; > Thought dies* and ev'n* at lait* your image fades away. ^ My y My head grows warm) all reafon I defpife: <«* To-day be happy, and to-morrow wife P Betrayed To oft. Tin half perfuaded now. Surely to fail, the firft ftep is to vow. The country lately, *twas my wi(h : oh there ! Gardens, diverfions, friends, relations, air: For London now, dear London, how I burn ! I muft be happy, fnre, when I return. Whoever hopes true happinefs to fee, Hopes for what never was, nor e*er will be : The neareH eafe, fince we muft fuiFer ftillj, Are they, who dare be patient under ill. Whilom a fool faw where a fiddle lay ; And after poring round it, ftrove to {day : Abo^e, below, acrofs, all ways he tries ; He tries in vain, 'tis difcord all, and noife : Fretdng he threw it by : then thus the lout ; *' There's mufick in it, could I fetch it out.*' If life does not its harihony impart. We want notinfbruments, but have not art. *Tis endlefs to defer our hop^s of eafe. Till crofTes end, and difappointments ceafe. The fage is happy, not that all goes right. His cattle feel no rot, his com no blight ; * The mind for eafe is fitted to the wife. Not fo the fooFs ; — *tis here the difference lies : Their profpedt i9 the fame, but various are their eyt». TBe isn T^e Duty of Employing mis Self An EPISTLE. FEW people know it, yet, dear fir, 'tis true, Man ihould hav6 fomewhat evermore to do. Hard labour ^s tedious, every one mud own ; Bat forely better fuch by far, than none. The perfed drone, the quite impertinent, Whofelife at nothing aims, but— to be fpent ; Sach heaven vifits for fome mighty ill : 'Tis fore the hardeft labour, to fit ftill. Hence that unhappy tribe who nought purfue : Who fin, for want of fomething elfe to do. , Sir John is blefsM with riches, honour, love ; And to be blefs'd indeed, needs only move^ For want of this, with pain he lives away, A lamp of hardly ^animated clay : Dull till his double bottle does him right ; He's eafy, juft at twelve o'clock at night. Thus for one fparkling hour alone he's blefi ; Whililfpleen and head-ach feize on all the reft. WhJit I I J t 59 1 What numbers^ ilodi with gloomy hunota filk I Racking their brains with vifionary ills. Hence what lood oateries, and well-meaning ragc» What endlefs quarrels at the prefent age I How many blame ! how often may we hear^ *' Such vice !— well, fare, the laft day Bind be Heart** T' avoid fuch wild^ imaginary pains, . The fad creation of diftemper^d brains, Difpatch, dear friend f move, labour, fweat, ran, fly ! Do aught— but think tike day of judgment nigh. There are, who'^ loft all rdi(h for delight: With them no earthly chsog is ever right. T' exped to alter to their tafte, were vain ; Por who can m^nd ft> faft, as they complain ? Whatever you do, (hail be a crime with fech ; One while you've loft ydur tongue, then talk too modi : Thus (hall you meet their waipifh cenfiire ftilli As hedge-hogs prick yoa, go which ikie yon wiQ. Oh I pity thefe whene'er you fee them fwell ! Folks call Vm crois*-poor tfien ! they are not welL How many fach, in indolence grown old. With vigour ne'er i^af any thing, but fcold ? Who fpirits only from iU-humonr get ; Like wines that die» unlefe upon the fret. Weary 'd of iienncing to himielf alone, Acerbus keeps amaa to fbet upon. The fellow's nothing in the earth to do. But to fit quiet and be icolded to. Piihes [6o J Piihes and oaths, whene'er the inafbr*s four'd, All largely on the fcape goat flave are ponrM. This drains his rage ; and tho* to John fo rough, Abroad you'd think him complaifant enough. As for myielfy whom povefty prevents From being angry at fo^reatexpence ; WhOy fhould I ever be indinM to rage. For want of flaves, war with myfelf muft wage ; Maftrail> and hear; chafliiing, bechafbs'd; Be both the tyrant^ and the tyrannized ; I chufe to labour, rather than to fret : What*s rage in fome, in me goes off in fweat. If times are ill, and things feem never worfes Men, manners to reckim,— -I take my horfq. One mile reforms *em ; or if aught remain Unpnrg'd,-^— 'tis but to ride as far again* Thas on myfelf in toils I fpend my rage : I pay the fine ; and that abfolves the age. Sometimes, ftillmore to interrapt my eafe, I take my pen, and write— fAch things as thefe ; Which tho' all other jnerit be denyM, Shew my devotion (till to be employ'd. Add too, tho' writing be itfdf a curfe. Yet fomediHempers are a cure for worfe : AndlBince 'midfl indolence, fpleen will prevail. Since who do nothing elfe, are fure to rail ; M^n (hould be fuiFer'd thus to play the fool. To keep from hurt^ as children go to fchooL Yon Yba ihoold not rhjrme ia fpite of nature ?«— -era? ; Yet fore 'tis greater troaUe* if yon do ; And if 'tis lab'rii^ only, men profeis, Wlio writes thehardeil, writes with moft fecceli. Thus for myfelf^ and friends, I do my part; Promoting doubly the pains-taking art : Firft to myfelfy 'tis labour to oompofe ; To read fuch lines, la drudgery to thofe. On ScRiBLiNG againjl Genius, y4n EPISTLE. NO iinglerule's more frequently enjoinM, Than this ; « Obfervc the byafs of your mind :'"• However juft by ev'ry one confefs'd^ There not a rule more frequently tranfgrefs'd. For mortals, to then* intVefl blind, purfue The thing they like, not that they're fit to d#. This Verro's fault : by frequent praifes fir'd. He feveral parts had try'd, in each admir'd. That Verro was not ev*ry way compleat, *Twas long unknown, and might have been fo yet : fiat (62 ] Bat mdlck-mad, tk*^aiihappyina»piirftiM That only thing heav'ii meant he never ftusft'd i And thos his propei road lo ^me ^e]^e£ted, He*sridiciil*d for that he bnt afltsfled. Woa*d racn^Qt a^ £foat naturaV fecrat t3 ; Like eunachs rage of love, from impotence. *Mongft all the initances of genius croft. The rhyming tribe are thofe who err the moft. Each piddling wretch who hath but common fenf^ Or thinks he hath, to verfe (hall make pretence : Why not ? 'tis their diverfion, and 'twere hard I£ men of their eftates Ihou'd be debarr'd. Thus wealth with them gives every thing befide ; As people worth fo much are qualify'd : They've all the requiiites for writing fit. All but that one fome little fhare of wit. Give way, ye friends, nor with fond prayers proceed To flop the progrefs of a pen full fpeed. 'Tis hcav'n, incens'd by fome prodigious crime. Thus for men's (ins determines them to rhyme. Bad men, no doubt ! perhaps *tis vehgeance due For fhrines they've pinnder'd, or fome wretch they fiew. Whatc'er it be, fure grievous is th* offence. And grievpus is (heaven knows !) its recompence. At once in want of rhyme, and want of refl ; Plagues to themfelves, and to mankind a jeft : 3 Sedttc'd SedacM by empty forms of falfe delight- Sttchy in fome men, their deadly loft to Write t £v*n I, whofe genius feems as mnch forgot, (Mine when I write, as yoars when you do not ;) Who gravely thus can others faults condemn. My felf allowing, what I blame in them ; With no pretence to Phosbas* aid divine, / Nor the leaft intVeit in the tuneful Nine, With all the guilt of impotence in view, Griev'd for pail fins, but yet committing new i Whate'er the wits may fay, or wife may think. Am fooling ev'ry way with pen and ink. When all who wi(h me beft, begin t* advife, ' '^hit being witty, is not being wife ; *■ That if the voice of int*reft might be heard, • For one who wears a gown,— wou'd be prefer'd— * Incorrigibly deaf, I feign a yawn ; And mock their juft conclafions, ere theyVe drawn. If to my pradice, they opposed my theme ; And pointed, how I fwam if ainft the ftream : With all the rancour of a bard ia ruge, I'd quote *em half the writers of the age ; Who in a wrath of verfe, with all their might Write on, howe'er unqualify*d to write* Tl^ i^n '- w The M I M I C K. iSy the Rei. Mr. Pitt.] ' THE MilhickVdttdilefeaiNn^sdaisvnyeiaTs, Chang's^ to^ thoiifa)ul/tiapes> a thouftiidwajrs %,Z Who with variety of arts putft on All other pcrron»> and throvvv off" his own ; 7 Whofe looki well difdplin^d h\% wi)l obey. Bloom at command^ on at oonimand decay : ^ - .> Nor bluih, my llbdsi Ubiolk changei to impart, \ Which afk an Ovid'*s or .ApoUo' s azt. - . T But who, i^poUo, all the am can^ trace, AVL the deceits of that ddafive^fact ? For lo ! in. ight the vart(Mis zx^Sl comes ; Lo' V hQ w m beauty: and in health he blooms : its fmoothdl charms triiim|rfiant youth fopplks, , Laughs in his cheeks, and Cparkles in Jiis eyts%, - . • But fttddenfeey.the fceneia fiutcb'd/away*. . « v C See each inverted feature in decay ; . . , His mufcles ^Urel^x'd, his f^c^^ergrown. Rough and embofs'd with wrinkles not his own^ . He trails his dangling legS4 the won4'riAg train Laugh at ^^e folemn condad of his c^ne, . . . -Vol. m. E ' Rapt I 66 J Rapt thro* the icenes of life, he drops his prime ; A cripple fixty yean before his time; Runs in a moment aD its ftages o*er. And fteps fiom fbor-and-twenty to fourfcore. Now he a venerable judge appears. And the long garb of lazy pnrple wears 2 Like drowfy P***s looks his aged ftame^ Hb mien, his habit, and addrefs the fame : When to the fiieenng cnwd he lifps a joke^ Puns fiom the law, or quibbles o«t of Cuke i WiA fettled air, and moft jadidoos face. Nods o*er the oofliton, council, and the cafe ; Slumbers, and hears by ibrtt At noify trains Catches a period, and drops down again. And now his hearers in their turn to ML, Himfdf fbnds up moft^vnerabfy^doE; Talks of old tinws ; commencb their loyal aseal. Their wholfome fbitutes, difdpline, and ale ; On different themes beflows one common praife. The Thames, the Greets, the king, and king's highways. You fee lum quit the bench, and fbait appear An huge old gouty council at the bar ; Bawl for his client, wreft the tortur'd laws From their truefenfe, and mould them to the caofe; In folemn form harangue the Mining croud. And hem and cough emphatically loud ; Bleit art indeed ! and glorious eloquence^^ 'Where empty noife fupplies the want of fenie. For [^7l For meaniag* fignt and moctoas lie affbrdt^ And iBtojcQions for die want of wordt. What ihape to yoa^ O S**ay is nnknawiil What faccj bnt you adopt into your own f At the leail hint, £ditioas crouds yon rai&» And multiply yoorfelf ten dioafand ways : This moment, to iadalge the mirdifQl veiii^ A fooFs or dodlor'ft perfbn yo« fuftasn i The next refome yovfelf and £Ba& again. Am I decdir^d f or by faae fiidden flight A ftarch'd tab»preachcr now he firikes the figh^ (Quick the tranfitimi, and wtftcn die art !) Pale and entirely chang^dria ev^iy part. His fhort*ned vi&ge, and fiuitailick diefs^ The mad fans^k to the life expre& ; That finall filk cap; thofe poritanick hairs, GropM to the qaick, and circling round his ears i That rounded £ice the Mimick here proclaim. How very different, yet how ftill the fame ! Now he by juft degrees, his filence breaks ; His frantick filence muttVing ere he.fpeaks : ProtraAed hums the folemn farce begin. And groans and paufes interrupt the fcene ; As each in Juil fuccefiion comes and goes, Work'dto its pitch, the fpirit flxonger grows. And fqueezes out his eyes, and twangs his vocal nofe. Now quick and rapid, and in rage more loud, A dorm of nonfenfe burils updn the croud : E2 Hit \ [ «8 H Hix hand and voice proclaim the gen'ral doom, ^While tl)U the hour-glafs Ihakes, and that die fO< On nature's rains all hisdofbities dvell. And throw widfe open every gate of hell. A thoufand ether ihapcs he wears with grace ; -A thoufand more T.asietie* of &c( : ^ut who, in evAiyihape, can count him o'er, VTio multipUea his perfiMi every hoar ? What Mufe hi^ flying features can purfae. Or keep his wand*ring countenance in view i Had I a thoafand mouths, a thonfiuid toitgaes, A throat of br.a&v ^id adamatftine lungs, I could not celebratedm Proteus' fkill. Who fliifts his j^r&ih tfti his foce at will : This Proteus, who out-numbers koft> alone; A Croud himfelf ( a multitude in one. £ h ] An EPISTLE from FL OR ENCB. To T.J. Efq-, Tutor to the Earl of ?— . IVri'ttin in the Year 1 74:0. WHenBourxih'd with their date tb* Athenian name. And Learning and Politenefs were the fame» • Philofophy with gentle art refined * ■ Thehoneflroughnefs ofth* unpradis'd mind : '. She call'd the latent beams of Nature forth. Guided (heir ardor and infur'd their worth. She pois'd th' impetuous Warrior's vengcfnljleer. Mark'd true Ambition from defbu^ve Zeal, - Pointed what lufire on that laurel blows. Which Virtue pnly on her fons bellows. Hence clement Cimon, of unipotted fame. Hence Aristidiss' ever-fav'rite name.; Heroes, who kne.w to wield the righteous ipear. And guard their native towVs from foreign fear i Or in firm bands of focial Peace to bind Their Country's good, and benefit mankind. ' She trim'd the thoughtful State(inan's nightly oil, Confirmed his mind beneath an empire's toil,^ E 3 Or [ 70 ] Or mth him to his filcnt villa ftole. Gilded his evening hoars, and harmonizM his fool. To woods and caves (he never bade ^treat. Nor fix*d in cloyfter'd monkeries her feat : No lonely precepts to her fons ei^oin'd. Nor taught them to be men^ to (hun mankind. Cynicks there were, an uncoath felfiih race. Of mai^iers fool, and boaftful of difgrace : Brates» whom no Mafe has -ever lov'd to name» Whofe Ignominy is their only fame. No koltile Trc^hies grace their honoured om. Around thmr tomb no fcalptur'd Virtues moan ; Nor tells the marble into emblems grav*d. An Art difcoverMor a City favM. Be this the goal to which the Briton-Peer Exalt his hope, and prefs has young career ! Be this the goal to which, my Friend, may you With gentle ikill dired his early view \ Artful the various ftudies to difpenfe. And melt the fchoohnan^s jargon down to (enfe. See the pedantick Teacher, winking dull. The lettered Tyrant of a trembling fchool ; Teaching by ferce, and proving by a frown. His lifted fiifces ram the leiTon down. from tortured drains of eloquence he draws Barbarick precepts and unmeaning laws. By his ow*i fenfe wou'd Tully's word expound, Aixd a new Vandax* tramples daffick ground. Perhafis f 71 3 Perhaps a Bigot to die learned pagc^ No modern cuftom can his thoughts engage ; His little hrm by Gioroick mles he ploughs^ And prunes by j&etre.the luxuriant boughs. Still from Aratvs* fphere or Maro*« figns. The future calm or tempeft he divines. And fears if the prog^ftick Raven^s found * Expatiadng alone along the dreary roniid. What fcanty precepts f fhidies how conin*d ! Too mean to fill your comprehenfive mind i Unfatisfy'd with knowing when or whcr* Some Roman Bigot rais*d a Fane to Fiar $ On what green medal Virtvb ftands exprels*d« How Concord's piAur'd, Liberty how dicfs*d| Or with wife Ren jndicionily define. When Pius marks the honorary c(un Of Caracalla, orof Antohine. Thrifting for knowledge, but to know the righl^ Thro' judgment's opdcfc guide th' iUufive figh^ To let in rays on Reafi>n's darkling cell. And Prejudice's iagpng mifts difpel ; For this you turn the Greek and Roman page, Weigh the contempladye and afiive Sage, And cull fome ufefbl flow'r firom each hiteick Age. Thence teach the Youth the neceffiuy art» To know the Judge's firom the Critick't part i E 4 Show * * £t fi)la in ficca fecum fpatiatur arena« Virg • \ 4 £ Show how ignoble is the paffioti, Fi ar, ^ And place fome patriot Roman's model near ; Their bright examples to his foul inflil, . Who knew no Fear, bnt diattif^doiBg itt. . Tell him, 'tis all a canti d taifle alt. To know the folds that £roffl^the TocAfall, : . . The Clavus' l>readth/the Bulla^^ gpldpn ncAind, And ev'ry leaf that ev'iy Vi RTtJE crownM ; . ^ ■• But ihew how brighter in each honeft brea^ Than in her fbrine, the Goddefs^ftood cohfefs*d* Tell him, it isr not the fkntaftipk Boy, Elate with powV and (WellVI with frantipk-joy, 'Tis not a'davilh SeBate^ iauvning, bafe. Can ftaxnpwwi& honeft fame a wortMefs race ; Tho' the falfe Coin proclain^liimjgveat and wife^t. The tyrant's life ihaU cdl (hat Coin, it Ijma. . ^ But when your early C^are ihaH htt^ie dcfignr'd To pkn^he Soul an When yoa fhall'poiirupon'kUleftdei^^Br^klft , - ' :... Ideas that muft ftand an Ag^seTeil, ' b . . r. ^ '\ Oh ! there imprint wit^ fi^diigcli^iKiegpeit dye. \. i : . ^he lovel/fiHTnofQoddeftll/TSRiTy ! cv ,. : c' 'or her in Senates be hetrai&ViJto fdcad, . ^ • / > / ^or her in 'battles be he taught xxs bleed. - ..o , Lead him where Dover's rugged cliiTTefotods . . : Withdafhiiig^as, fair Freedom'9 honeft BouncU^. JPoiiit to yon azure Carr bedrojp'd with gold, Whof

x ^f •.. .J, T^i( If 73 } Where proudly fito an iron-fcepter'd Qsicefk, And fondly tnmnphs o^er.the proflxate fcencj Cry, that is Empire. ! fhao her baleful path>. Her Words are Slavery^ and her Touch is Death ! Thro' wounds and blood the Fury drires her way. And murthers half, to make the reft her prey.^ Thus fpoke eaqh Spartan matron, as (he drefs'd ^ith the bright cuirafs her young foldier's breaft ; On the new warrior's tender-flnew'd thigh. Girt Fear of Shame and Love of Liberty. SteeFd with fuch precepts, for a caufe fo good«. What fcanty Bands the Perfian Hoft withftood ! Before the ^ons of Greece let Aiia tell How fled her > Monarch, how her Millions fell ! When arm^d for LIjEErty, a Few how brave ! How weak a Multitudie, where each a Slave ! I. ■ - • . - . No welcome Falchion^ £ird their fainting han4» No Voice infpir'dr of favourite Command : No Peafant fought for wealthy lands poilefs'd. No fond remembrance warm'd the Parent's brcaU : It They faw their lands for royal riot groan. And toird in vain for banquets, not their own ; They faw their infant Race to bondage rife. And frequent heard the ravi(h*d Virgin's cries, Diihenour'd buttQ cool a tranfientguft. Of fome luxurious Satrap's barb'rous luft, . * Xerxcft. rhi A C 74 ] The greateii carfes any Age lias icaows ; Raire ilTued from the Temple or the Thronei Extent of ill from Kings at firft begins, Bat Pridb mvA aid and coi^ecrate theif fois. Tb^ tortor'd Sobjed mig^t be beard ooteplaia^ When finking under a new weight of chain. Or more rebellious might perhaps repiney When taxMto dow'r a titled Concubine, But the Prieil chriftens all a Right Divine. When at the altar a new Monarch kneds. What conjured awe upon the people fteals ! The chofen Ha adores the precious oil. Meekly receives the folemn charm, and while The Prieft fome blefled notibtngs matters o'er. Sucks in the facred greafe at ev'ry pore : He feems at once to fhed his mortal fkin. And feels Divinity transfasM within. The trembling Vulgar dread the royal Nod, And worihip God^s anointed more than God. Such San£lion gives the Prelate to fuch Kings f SoMifchief fromthofe hallow*d fountains fprings. But bend your eye to yonder harrafs'd plains. Where King and Frieft in one united reigns ; See fair Italia mourn her haly Hate, And droop opprefs*d beneath a papal weight : Where fat Celibacy ofurps the foil, Ajtd facred Sloth confumes the peafant's to3 : 1 Tk I I 75 1 The holy Drones monopolize the fkf, Andjiliinder by a vow of Poverty. The Chriftian Caufe their lewd profefSon taints. Unlearned, unchafte» nncharitabk faints. Oppreffion takes Religion*s haUow*d nanie» And Prieftcraft knows to play thefpecious game. Behold how eachenthofiaftick fool Of dodtile piety, becomes their tool : Obierve with how much art^ what fine pretence They hallow Foppery and combat Senfe^ , Some hoary Hypocrite, grown M in fin, Whofe thooghts of hear^n with his laft hours begm^ Counting a chaplet with a b^ot care. And mumbling fomewhat *twixt a charm and prayV, Hags a dawbM image of his injur'd Lord, And fqoeezes out on the duU idol-board A fore-ey'd gum of tears; the fiannd Crew With cunning joy the fond repentance view. Pronounce Him blefsM, his mifa4es procbum. Teach the flight croud t' adore hisiiaIlow*d juune^ Exalt his praife above the Saints of old. And coi« his finking cottfdence into Gold. Or when fome PontiflT with imperious hand Sends forth his edsfl to excife the land. The tortur'd Hindunwillingly obeys, And mutters curfes as his mite he pays ! The fnbtle Prieft th' in^^ous name forbears^ I Aflts it for holy ufe or venal prayers ; « ,..- I Exhibit^ r 1^ \ Exhibits all their trumpery to lale, ' A bone, a mouldy morfel/ or a nail : Tb' idolatnm& Devout adore the fhow, * And in full ftreams the molten offerings flow. No pagan Objed, nothing too. profane; To aid the Romifh zeal for ChrilHang^in. Each Temple with new weight of idoh nod»; • And borrowed Altars . finoke to other Gods. F&ouETUj^ys! Vultar Matthew's Eaglcproves i And heav'nly Cherubs fproatfrom heatbtn Loves ; Young Ganymede a winged Angel ftands By holy Lvkb, and dictates God*s mmands : * Afollo, tho^ degraded, fiill can'blefs. Rewarded with.a. Sainthood, and an S; Each convert Godhead is apoftolizM, And Jove himfelf by '^Peter^s name baptiz'd, Astarte ihines in Jewifh Marv's ^iiney Still Queen ofheav*n, another and the fame. While the proud Prieft the facred Tyrant reign» Of emptor. ciiies and dU*peopled plains. Where fetterM Nature is forbid to rove In the free commerce of produ£kive Love : Behold imprifon'd with her barren kind. In gloomy cells th(^ votive Maid confined ; Faiilt ^ St. Apollos. . ** At St. Peter's an old ftatue of Jupiter is turned into one of St. Peter. I 77 II Faint ftreams of Uaod, by long ftagtiation weak, Scarce tinge the fading damaik of her cheek ; In vain ihe pines, the hofy.Faitkwhbfiands, What Nature dilates ;and what God commands : Bat if fotne fangiune He, fome lufty Prieft Of jollier xnorals fiaile the l^nptiBgieaft, From the ibong.gr«rp if fonie poor Babe anie» Unwelcon^e, unindear^dj it inftant dies. Or poifons blaftiog> foon- the hafty joy, Th* unperfe^ feedj of infiuit lift deftrof. Fair Modefty, thoa rirgin^tender-eyM, ^ From thee the Jbfafe the gsodSer wEt& saxxSt hidei Nor the dark cloifter*s myftick rites £^ay. Whence numerous brawny Monkhoods wafte away, And unprolifick, tho^ fotfworn, decay. Britannia finiling, viewd her golden plains From mitred boiwlage free and papal chains s Her jocand Sons pais each nnburtheu'd day Securely quiet, innocently gay : Lords of themfelves the happy Rufticks fing. Each of his little ten^ent the King. Twice did ufurping Rome extend her hand. To reinflave the new-deliver'd land : Twice were her fablq bands to battle warmM, With pardons, bu^s, and texts, and mnrthers arm'd : p With Peter's fwol'd and Michael's lance were fent. And whatever ftores fupply'd the Church's armament. Twice • Addit & Herculeos Arcus Haftamque Minervat, Q^icquid babent telorum armamentaria Ccdit Jvv. f 78 J Twice did tiie gdlant AlUon nee lepctt The jefoit I^ions to the gates of hdl ; Or whatever Angel, firiead to ftitain> took Or WiLLJAii's or Elika's gaaxdiaii look« ^ Arife, yoai^ Peer I ihtiie ibrt& in foch a caa(e f Who draws the fwoid for fireedom, juftly draws. Reflect how dtsoAf was diat fineedom bought ; For that,, how oft yoiar aaceftors hare iboght ; Thro^ the long feries of our princes down. How wrench'd fome ri^ fxom each too potent CroWB. Seeabjeft John, thatvaflU-Mosarch, fee ! ' Bow down the royal neck, and croodi die fepple knee I Oh ( proftitution of imperial State f To a i^e Romifii Prieft's vile * Delegate. Him the bold Barons {oorning to obey. And be the iubjeds of a iubjicd fway; Heroes whofe names to lately fiune fiiall fhine, Aw*d by no vifions of a^ Right Diyiae, That bond by eaftern Politicions wrought. Which ours hate teamt, and Rabbi Dodors taugh^ To ftraiter banks refbain*d tlie Royal Will, .That great prerogatire of doing ill. To late example and experience dead. See ' Henry in his Father's footfteps tread. Too young to goreniy inunature to pow>. His early follies haunt his lateft hoar. His • The Pope's Nuncio. ' Hemy III. f 79) His nobles injiir*dt aad his realms No violated fenate's wrongs redrefs^d. His hoary age finks in the feebk wane Of an inglorious^ flighted, tedious reign* The Mttfe too long with idle glories fed. And train*d to tnunpet o'er the warlike dead. The wanton hxa on gjiddy plumes would ibar. To Gallic Loire and Jordan's hiimUed ibiotc $ Again would teach the Saracen and Gaul* At f Edward's and at > HmaY's name tofiUs Romantick heroes ! prod^al of blood; What numbers itain'd each iU-difpnted flood! Tools to a Clergy r warring bat to feaft, Widi fpoik of provinces each pamper'd Prieft. Be dumb, fond Maid; thy (acred ink nor fpiU On fpedoas Tyrants, popularly ill ; Nor be thy comely locks with Rofes dighc Of either vidor colour. Red or White. Foil'd the aflaflin^ King, in union blovjr The blended flowers on feventh Hbnry*s brow^ Peace lights again on the forfaken flirand. And baniih'd Plenty re-aflumes the land. No nodding creft the crouching infant frights. No clarion ruddy breaks the bride^s delights ; s Edward I. and II. * Henry V. ' Richard IIL Repo&sig Repofing fabres feck fhefr iiidettt J^cer To brifUc round a gapiftg ^ Gttoov-s face* ^ ^ ^ The weaned arms gl'idtefquely Idck €ke wall, • And tatter'd trophies fret thfe Royal * halL Bat Peace in vain^ on the blood -fsttteaM plains From an exuberant horn hertr^afurcsS'asinB : She deals her ^fb ; but in an ofele^ hour^ To glut the iron hand of griping pow*r : , t . . ^ Such Lancaster, whom harra^'d Britain few,^ Mafk^d in the garb of antiquated Law : - . ^ More politick than wife, more wife than great ; A legiflator to enflave the ftate ; ' Cooly malicious ; by defigh a knave ; More mean than falfe; ambitious xhore tham l^rave ; . Attached to Tntereft's more than Honour's call; More ftrift than juft, more covetous than all. Not fo the Reveller profufe, his » Son, His coatraft courfe of tyrknny begun ; Robuft of limb, and fluftiM with florid grace. Strength nerv'd his youth, and fquar'd his joVial face. To feats of arms and carpet-combats prone/ - , .i In either field the vigorous monarch'flione : Marked out for riot each luxurious day - In tournaments and banquets dlnc'd away. But ihift the fcene, and view what flaughters (lain Each frantick period of his barb'rous reign : . A Tyrant * Medufa's head in the armory at the Tower. » Weftminfter-Hall. ta Henry VIII, rsi] A Tyrant to the p^le whom he nil*d/ ^ By ey'jy potentate he dealt with, fooFd s -f Sold by one * minifter^ to all onjoft ; Sway*d by each di£Ute of diilemper*d loft i Changing each worfhip that controul'd the bent Of his adnltVoos will, and lewd intent ; Big in unwieldy majefty and pride. And finear'd with Queens and Martyrs blood. He dy*d« Pafs we the pious ^ Youth too idighdy ieen ; The murd'rous zeal of a weak Romiih f Queen: Nor with faint pencil, impotendy vain^ Shadow the glories of Eliza's reign. Who flill too great, tho' (bme few faults Ihe had; To catalogue with all thofe Royal bad* Arife I great James ! thy courfe of wfdom run I Image of David's philofophic Son ! He comes ! on either hand in feemly fiate. Knowledge and Peace his fondled handmaids wait : O^fcurely learned, elaborately dull. Of quibbling cant and grace fanatick full, Thron'd in full fenate, on his pedant tongue,* Thefe for fix hours each weighty momiug hungi For thefe each fhing of royal powV he ftrain'd. For thefe he fold whatever Eliza gained j For thefe he (quander'd ev'ry prudent ftore The frugal Princefs had referv'd before. Vol. III. F On ■ Cardinal Woplfey. , • Edward VI. y d On penfionM fycopl««to *ikI gartered bc^/ Tooh of his will, 'and minions of his Joys. For thefe he kt his beggared H daoghter roam I Bubbled for thefe by Spaniih art at home ; For thefe, to fom the bleifings of his reign, Poifon'd one Son ", and t'other fent to Spain. Retire, ftria Mafe, and thy impartial verfc In pity fparc on Charles's bleeding herfe; Or ail his faults in blackeft notes tranflate To tombs where rot the authors of his fate i To kftful Henrietta's Romlih fliade. Let all his. a£i;s of lawlefs powV be laid ; Or to the ' Prieft more Romilb ftill than her j And whoe'er made his gentle virtues err. On the next * Prince expell'd his native land In vain AfHiaion laid her iron handi Fortune or fair or frowning, on his foul Cou'd ftamp no virtue, and no vice controttl > Honour, or morals, gratitude, or truth. Nor learn'd his ripen'^d age, nor knew his youth j The care of Nations left to whores or chance^ Plund'rcr of Britain, penfioner of Franco Free to bnffbons, to miniden denyM, He liv'd an atheift, and abigotdy'd* ^ Queen of Fohemia. ' Prince Henry, and Charles I. * Archbifhop Laud* ' Charles XL Tiie The reins of Empire^ or refign'd or flole,^ Are tnil(ed aext to Jamei^s weak contioil^ Him, meditating Co fabvert the laws, tih Hero "^ Soain Freedom^s beaate^ns aufii Rofe to chaftife : ^ unhappy ftill ! howe'er Poftericy the g^Umnt a^ion bear. Thus have I try'd of Kings and Priefts to fing»' And all the ills that ftonthdr vtcis fpring ; While viaor G«p|i«E^ thmider^ a*er either Sfid% Rerenges Brit^ik tUd afftttt t(ke Mate i To ' willing Indies detla oor e^|wd lawi» And firom his Country's voioe aSeds apfplasfes 7 What time fair Flore»ce oft her peaceful tbi09€i Pree from the din of w%r aad baltie's loavt Has lapM me trifler is is^orioii»eafe» Modelling precepts that may fefve and pkafef Yours U the faflr -aad glorioiu is the pla». To build the Free, the Seafible, Good hbm. « Willtam III. * Infelix utcumque fereat ea fada mhioret t ^lHo, » — Vckaiw Per populos dat ^ura viamque afteAat Olympo* Vuto* ' [llo Virgilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope^ ftudSia flsraaicm igaobilit eli Viao, h/-,- c'f»- .Thg [ 84 1 The B E A U T I E S. An E p I s T L E to Mr. Eckardt the Painter. [By the Same."] DEfponding artift, talk no more Of Beauties of the days of yore. Of Goddefles renown*d in Greece, And Zeuxis' compoiition«piece. Where every nymph that could at moft Some fingle grace or feature boaft. Contributed her favourite charm To perfect the ideal form. *Twas Cynthia's brow^ 'twas Lesbians eye, *Twas Cloe's cheeks^ vermilion dye ; RoxANA lent the noble air, Difheveird flow'd Aspasia's hair. And Cupid much too fondly prefs'd His mimick mother Thais' bread. Antiquity, how poor thy ufe ! A fingle Venus to produce ! Friend Eckardt, ancient ftory quit. Nor mind whatever Pliny writ ; Felibien and Frefnoy declaim. Who talk of Raphael's matchlefs fame. Of •r»* r 85 r Of Titiati^s tintSi Corregio's grace. And Carlo's eaqh Madon&a face As if no Beautiei now were made, But Nature had forgot her trade* ^was Beauty guided Raphael^s line From heavenly Women, ftyPd divine ; They warm'd old Titian's fancy too. And what he could not taile he drew : Think you Devotion warm'd his breaft When Carlo with fuch looks exprefs'd His virgins, that her vot'ries feel Emotions — not, I'm (vaCf of zeal ? In Britain's ifle obferve the Fair, And curious chufe your models there ; Such patterns as (hall raife your name To rival fweet Corre^o's fame : Each iingle piece fliall be a tell. And Zemds' patchwork be a jeft ; Who ranfack'd Greece, and cull'd the age To bring one Goddefs on the ftage : On your each canvafs we^ll admire The charms of the whole heavenly choir. Majeftick Jung (hall be feen In * Harvey's glorious aweful mien. Where ^ Fitzroy moves, refplendent Fair i So warm her bloom, fublime her &ir ; F 3 H^ * MifsQarvey, now Mrs, Fhipp$« ^ JLady CarQune Fitsroy. ^■v^ [86] Her ebon trefib, Arm'd t0 gprtee. And heighten white they fiiade hi^r free ^ Such troops of nuurtial jwtAk meomiL Who court the hasd tbat giv^ die wMul; *Tis Pallas, P^Uas t»nA$ C0]|ft6*d» Tho* ^ STAffno^B's wtnam tk3^ Paris Uefe'd* So ' Clevel^p ibsmt in warlike piid«j By LiU/s peiM:U dfjfy^d : So'GiLAFT«v« j3li«ti:Ue& 4ame^ comnaads The faireft work of KoeUer'« hands ; The blood that warm'd each ai^oroo^ cpor^ In veins as rich fiiU loves to ijport ; And George^s ^e beholds reftor'd^ ;What William boaSed* Charks ador'd. For Venufes &« Trojan ne'er Was half fo pazzlfd tp declare : Ten Queens of BeaaQr^ fHre I ftcf Yet fure the true is ' Buii.y : Such majefty of fwi* and air, Yet modeft as. the village £akz Attraaing all, indn^^gJioo^ Her beau^ IjM d^e glorious Son Throned" c Lord PflliHfaati« . « • « The Duchcfs of dwlaiid BJcc PaUas ?mong Ac bcauUes atWindfor, ,. ^ .• . u \. ^ The Duchefs of Grafton, among the beauties at Hamp- ton Court. ^ - ^--..j. 5 Lady Emily Lenox » now Count«Is of Kilw?« Throm*d eminently bright above, impaiud warms ^he world to lovf. In fmiling*CAPEL's beanteoiu loolf }Uch Autumn's Goddefs i$ mistook^ With poppies and with ^iky com, Eckardt, her nujt-brown curls adorn ; And by her fide, in decent linet Fhupe charming ^ B^ri^ljsy. ProCeipine^ Mild as a fummer fea, ferene^ In dimpled beauly next be feen, * Aylesbury like hvary Neptune*s Q^eiou With her the light-difpenfing Fair» Whofe beauty gilds the morning air. And bright as her aiLtendant fiin. The new Aurora, * Lyttietow. Such ^ Guido's pencil beauty^tip'd. And in ethereal eolours dip*d. In meafur'd dance to tun^ long Drew thefweet Goddefs, as along liearen's aziire 'neath their light &ct fpread. The buxom Hours (he faireft led. The crefcent oi| her brow diiplay*df In CQrls of lovelieft brown inlaid. With every charsn to rule the mghl^ Like Oian, *" Strafford woos the fight ; F 4 T>t « Lady Mary Capel. ^ Countefs of Berklty* ^ CouDteis ot Ayleftury* * Mrs. Lyttleton. ' Guido's Aurora in die Refpii^ori Pwacc atRome* f^CounteftofStndrord. r 88 ] The eafy fliape, the pierdng eye. The ihowy bofom's purity. The unafFe6led gende phrafe Of native wit in all ihe fays ; Eckardt, for thefe thy iut*s too faint ; Yoa may admiire, but cannot paint. How Hebe fmil*d, what bloom divine On the young Goddefs lov'd to ihine. From '^ Carp INTER we guefs, or fee All-beauteous "" Manners beam from thee. { How pretty Flora, wanton maid. By Zephyr woo*d in noon-tide (hade. With rofy hand coquetly throwing Panfies, beneath her fweet touch blowing ; How blithe ihe look'd let ^ Fanny tell ; [ Let Zephyr own if half fo well. Another *» Goddefs of the year. Fair Queen of Summer, fee, appear ; Her auburn locks with fruitage crown'd. Her panting bofom loofely bound. Ethereal beauty in her face. Rather the beauties of her race. Whence cv'ry Goddefs, envy fmit, Mttft own each Stonehoufe meets in ' Pitt. Ex. » Mifs Carpenter. 9 Mils Manners. ' » Mife Fanny Maccartney. 4 Pomona, f MUs Atkins, now Mrs» Pitt. [89] Exhaulled all the heavenly train. How many Mortals yet remain, Whofe eyes (hall try your pencil's art. And in. my numbers daim a part ! Our filler Mufes muil defcribe * Chudleigh, or name her of the tribe ; And ^ Juliana with the Nine Shall aid the melancholy line. To weep her dear " Refemblance gone. Where all thefe beauties met in One. Sad fate of beauty / more I fee, Afflifted, lovely family ! Two beauteous Nymphs, here. Painter, place. Lamenting o'er their ^ fitter Grace, > One, matron-like, with fober grief. Scarce gives her pious fighs relief) While y t'other lovely Maid appears In all the melting pow'r of tears ; The fofteft form, the gentleft grace. The fweeteft harmony of face j Her fnowy limbs, and artlefs move Contending with the Queen of Love, While bafhful beauty fhuns the prize. Which Emily might yield to Evelyn's eyes, EPI- • M. Chudlcigh. * L. Juliana Farmer, » L. Sophia Farmor, Countefs of Granville. " Mifs Mary Evelyn. ' Mrs- Boone. y Mrs. Elizabeth Evelyn* £ 9o ] EP I h O G U E to Tambrlane, On the Suppreflion of the Rebelliok* Spoken by Mrs. Pritcbar^f in the Charader of the CoMiCK Musp> Nov. 4» 1746. BR I T O N S» once more in annnal J07 we meet This genial night in Freedom's ^r*rite feat t And o'er the * two great empires fHU I reign Of Covent-Garden, and of Dnuy-Lane« Bnt ah ! what clouds o*er all our realms impended ( Our rain artlefs prodigies portended* Chains, real chains, oar Heroes had in view. And fcenes of mimick dungeons changed to truf?. An eqaal fate the Stage and Britain dreaded. Had Rome's yoang miflionary Spark fucceeded. Bat Laws and Liberties are trifling treafures : He threatened that grave property, your Pleafores. Forme, an idle Mufe, I ne'er diifembled My fears ; but e'en my tragick Sifter trembled : O'er all her Sons ihe caft her mournful eyes. And heav'd her bread morc^ t]ian dramat|ck £ghs } • The two great empires of the world I |Usow, This of Peru, an4 that of Mexlcq. Ipdian Emperpr, [91 ] To eyti well totor'd in the trade of She raisM a fmall and well lac*4 handkerchief i And then with decent paofe — and accent broke^ Her bufkin'd progeny the Dame befpoke : " Ah i Sons ^ our dawnis over-cafl, and all ** Theatrick glories nodding to their fall ; V Froia foreign realms a bloody Chief h coom^ " Big with the work of Slavery and of &ome. '* A general rain on his fword he wears, " Fatal alike to Audience and to PUy'n. V For ah ( my Sons, what freedom for the Stagey *' When Bigotry with Senfe fliall battle wage ? <* When monkifh Laureats only wear the bay*f << ' Inquifitors Lord Chamberlains of pla3rs ? *' Plays (hall be daran'd that Tcap'd the Cridck's n^ << For Priefts are ftill worfe Tyrants to the Stag^. << CatOy received by audiences (6 gracious, fenfe for wit and wifdotn talks^ O youth, whoever doil beaaty*s paths attend^ PaAs which in love** perfidieqa manfion end* O learn from me what pomp furrounda his throne : For I have known the place^ too well have known* There burmng fury heafV'n and earth defies i And dumb defpair in icy fetters lies; And black fufpidon bends las gloomy brow> The unbleft image of hknfelf to view ; And blind belief, with all a lover*8f flame, Smks in thofe arms which clothe h» head with ibasie. There wan dejedion, faltering as he goes. In fliades and iilence vainly iedc& repoie i Mufing thro^ pathleis wilds confames the day : Then, loft in darkneik, weeps the hours away. ' There the gay train of luxury advance. To Lydian founds adapting Circe's dance. On every head the vernal garland glows : In every hand the purple goUet flows : The Syren views them with exulting eyes ^ And laughs at bafhful virtue, as flie flies. Are i9Sl Are iktie delights wUdi I (honld wi(h td gain t Is this th* dyfiam of a fober brain ! To watch for happinefs in female fmiles ; Bear all her fcom^ be caught with alt her wiles; Her mercy, with a coward's fkill, to crare ; Blefs her hard bonds, and boaft to be her fiaTC : To feel for trifles a diftra^ng train Of fears and wiihes, equally in vaiii : This hour to tremble, and the next to glow— • Can pride^ can honiaa fenfe de&end fo low i Whenvirtae, at an eaficr jMioe, di^lays The facred wreath of honourable praife ; When wifdom utters her divine decree^ To laugh at ferious folly, and be free ? I bid adieu then to thefe woftil fcenea : I bid adieu to all the fez of queens. Adieu to eveiy fttff*ring, fimple foul. Who lets a woman*s will his peace controuf. There laugh ye witty, and rebuke ye grave-^ I fcom to boaft that I have been a flave; I bid the whining brotherhood, begone>«-i«« Joy to my heart ! my wifhes are my own. Farewel the female heav'n, the female hell : To thee, great god of Love, a glad ftrewel^ Thy wild raif-rule at length has fireed my heart ; And reafon, paffion force thee to depart. But wherefore doft thou linger on thy way ? Why yailily fearch for fome pretence to fiay, 3 When [9^1 When croads of vaflab court thy pleafing yoke ; And coontlefs vkHms bow them to the ftroke ? Lo ! round thy ihrine a thoufand youths advance, Wann^with the gentle ardours of romance : Each vows t* ailert his nymph with feats of arms^ Till hoftile championa kneeling own her charms. Ten thoufand girls, with rofy chaplets crown'd. To groves and ftreams thy tender triumph found : Each bids the fiream in murmurs tell her flame ; . Each calls the grove to &^ her ihej^erd^s name. But if thy pride fuch obvious honour fcom. If nobler offerings muft thy (hrine adorn. To yonder revVend maiddired thy wing ; To that rich harveil of the fiftieth fpring. Her (halt thou bind in thy delightful chains. And thrill with gentle pangs hor wither^ veins : Thy wiftifid warmth her frofty cheek ihall dye. And dreams of rapture melt her maudlin eye« Be thefe thy jg^ies. But no more preivngA That my rebelliotts heart will yield thee room. I know thy puny force, thy fimple wiles ; I break triumphant thro" thy flender toijs. I fee thy dying lamp's laH: languid glow. Thy arrows blurited, and unbrac'd thy bow : I feel diviner fires my breaft inflame. For adUve fcience and ingenious fame $ Refume the paths my earlier choice began. And lofe with pride the lover in the man. ni t97J • ^e ENTHUSIASr: OR TJiS LOVERofNATURE* A POEM. [5y /i^ i?w. Mr. Joseph Warton.] < ki. ... -^ -^ U> / mihide he liiFning fat Rapt with her virtuous voice, old Tyber leaned Attentive on his urn, and huihM his waves* Rich in her weeping country's fpoils Verfaitte^ May boaft a thouiand fountains^, that can caft The tortar^4. waters to the diflant heay'ns s . Yet let me choofe fome pine-top'd pnecipice Abrupt and ihaggy, whence a foamy ftream. Like Anio, tnii|bling roars ; or fome bleak heattif Where ilfaggling ftand the mournful junipei'. Or yew-tree fcath'd ; while in clear piofpeQ rounds From the groye's boibm fpirc$ emerge, and fnundc In bluiih wreaths afcends, ripe harvcfts wave, . Low, lonely cottages, and ruin'd tops Of Gothick battlements appear, mi ftreams Beneatli the fun-beams twinkle*-— The (hrill lark, Tha^ wakes the wood-man t» his early talk. Or t 99? 3 t> Ibve-ifek-PluloBiel, whoie luiaolu lo)^ ' ' 6ooth lone hight-wanderers, the moaiuDg doVC Pitied by lifteDing ]ii3k-maid» flq- eltcel , The deep^month yvA^ tke fi)0l-4ulling lutfi'* And batde-breitlaag trompet. Artfkl ibukidfl t That pieafe not like the choriflers rfair^ When firft they had th^ ap|HH)ack of lat^ng May* Can Kent defign Uke Nature f Mark where Th«M .Plenty and pteafaic pours thto* * Lhicoifl^s meads i Can the great ardft, Aiof with tafte fupraDe Endu'd, one beauty to this EdeA add f Tho' he> by rules tttififttel^d» boldly (bttiis Formality and method, it>ttlid and i^uai^ Di£iaining, pUns intgtikrly gteaf. Creiidve Titian, can thy tfrid ftf^kes. Or thine) O graoeAd Ra|)li9d> da^ to vi« With the rich tints that pai|it the hreathiii|( mead ! The thottfiuid-colottr'd tuHp, ykM$ bdl Snow-dad'and meek, -Ae vennil*tin£tur'd rofir. And goMen oticus ?--rYet with theft thje aaid» Phillis or Phosbe at a feaft or wake. Her jetTf locks enamels ; lairer ihe. In innocence and home*fpun veftments drefi'd* Than if coenileffii &phitts athtrears Shone pendent, or a precious diamond-crofi Heav'd gently on heir panting bolbm whit<4 G t Yon* • The carl of Linco1n*8 torrace at Wtybridgc it lu^ryi on* of the fineft ijpots in EurQpet ' [ too ] Von* ihepherd idly ftretch'd on the rude rock^ Liflening to dafliing waves, and fea-mews dang High-hovering o'er his head, who views beneath The dolphin dancing o'er the level brine. Feels more true blifs than the proud admiral. Amid his vefTels bright with bumifh'd gold And filken ftreainers, tho' his lordly nod Ten thoaiand wai'^-wdrti mariners revere. And great JEneas ^ gaz'd with noore delight On the rough moimtain fhagg'd with horrid fhades^ (Where cloud-compelling Jove, as fancy dream'd/ Defcending fhook his direful ^gis black) Than if he enter'd the high Capitol On golden columns rear'd, a conqUerM vfOtlA Exhauiled to enrich its ftately head. More pleased he flept in peor Evandei's cott On fliaggy flcins, lulPd by (weet nightingales^ Than if -a Nero, in an age refin'd. Beneath a gorgeous canopy had placed His royal guef^, and bade his minftrels found Soft flumb'rous Lydian airs, to iboth his reih « Happy the firft of men, ere yet coafin'd To fmoaky cities ; who in flieltering groves. Warm caves, and deep-funk vallies liv'd and loV'il, By cares unwouitded ; what the fun and Ihowers^ And fc iEneld VIIL * SeeLucxetiustllb.V. E loi ] And genial earth untillag'd could produce^ They gadier'd grateful^ or the acorn brown, Or bliiihing beny ; by the liquid lapfe Of murm'ring waters callM to flake their thiril» Or with fair nymphs their fun-brown limbs to bathe $ With nymphs who fondly dafp their fav'rite youths, Unai;^'d by fliame» beneath the beechen fhade> Nor wilesy nor artificial coynefs knew. Then doors and walls were not ; the melting maid Nor frowns of parents feared* nor hufband's threats | Nor had curs'd gold their tender hearts alWd ; Then^auty was not venal. Injured love» O whither, god of raptures, art thou fled ? While avarice waves his golden w^d around, Abhorr'd magician, and his colUy cup Prepares with.baneful drugs, t' enchant the ibuls Of each low-thoughted fair to wed for gain. In earth's firil infancy (as fung the ' bard. Who ftrongly pamted what he boldly thought) Tho' the fierce north oft fmote wi^ iron whip Their fiiiv'ring limbs, tho* oft the brifUy boa* Or hungry lion 'woke them with tlyeir howls. And fcar'd them from their piofs^grown caves to rov9 Houfelefs and cold in dark tempeihious nights t Yet were not myriads in embattel'd fields Swept off at once, nor had the raging feas O'erwhelm'd the found'ring bark and ihrieking crew; G 3 In * I«ucretiui« A t ^02 J In vain the glaffy ocean fcwl*d to tempt The jolly failor unfufpcfting hann» For commerce ne'er had fprcad Ker fwelling feilf. Nor had the wond'rix^Nerrids ever heard The daflang ov : th^u famine, wanl» and pine. Sunk to the grave their fainting li«kbs > bat u« Difeafefiil dainties, ript and excefe. And fevcrifli luxury deftroy. In brakes Or marftes wild unkijowingly they crop'd Herbs of malignant^uice, to realms remote While we for powerful poifons m^dly roam. From every noxious herb coUeOing death. What tho' unknown to thofe primeval fires The welUaich'd dome, peopled with breathing form* ' By fair Italians fldlful hand, unknown The ihapcly column, and the crumbling buftf Of aweful anceftors in long defcent f Yet why fhonld mau miiftaken deem it nobler To dweU in yalaces, «id high-roofd halls, Than in God's forefts, architeft fupreme t Say, is the Perfian carpet, than the field's Or meadow's mauUe gay. more richly wov'n ; Or foftcr to the votvies of eafe Than bladedgrafs,perfum'd with dew-dropM flowers? ^ O tafte corrupt* that luxury and pomp. In fpecious names of polilh'd manners veil'd. Should proudly banifli Nature's fimple charms I \ AH-beauteous Nature! by thyboundlefs charms Oppref&'d, where fhall I begin thy prajfe, Whew Where turn di* ecftatick eye, how eafe my bread That pants with wild aitonifhment and love ! Park forefby and the op'ning lawA, refreih'd yfiih ever-gufhlng brooks, hill, meadow, dale. The balmy bean-Held, the gay coloured clofe* So fweetly interchange, the lowing ox, The playful laxnb, the diftant water-fall Now faintly heard» now fwelllng with the breeze. The foiind of pafioral reed from hazel-bower« The choral {nrds, the neighing ileed, that fiiuffa His dappled mate, fhmg with intenfe deiire. The ripen'd orchard when the ruddy orbs Betwixt the green leaves bluih, the fizure fkies. The che^tfid dm that thro' eardi's vitals pours Belight and health and heat ; all, all con(pire« To raife, to (both, to harnionize the mind. To lift on wingK of prai£^ to the great Sir^ Of bei^g and of beanty, at whofe nod (>eatio9 ffairted from the gloomy vault "" Of dreary Chaos, while th9 griefly king Marmur'd to feel his boifleroos power confinM^ Whsit are the lays of artful Addifbn, Coldly ^rttdt, to ShakefpeaPs warblings wild ^ Whom on the winding Avon's willow*d banks j Fair Fancy found, and bore the fmiling babe To a dofe cavoti : (ftill the fhepherds ihcw The facrcd place, whence with religious awe They hcaix returning from the £eld ^t eve» A [ 104 J Stiaogewiii^^ringoffweetmttikkthio'dieair]^ . Here, as with honey gathered from the rock^ 8he fed the little pnttler, and with ibiigs i Oft' fi>otfa'4 his wond'ring ears^ with de^p delight On her ibft lap he fitt, and c^nght the founds. Oft near fome crouded city would I walk, Jifteniag the far-off noifesj rattling cars, lioud fhouts of joy, fad fhrieks of (brrow* kneUs Full flowly tolling, inftruments of, trade. Striking mi^e ears with one deep>(weUing hunk Or wand'ring near the fea, attend the ibi^nd^ Of hoUow winds, and ever-beating waves^ Ev'n when wild tempefls fwallow up the plains. And Boreas' hU^h big hail, and rains combine To fhake the groves and mountains, would I fit, . Penfively mufing on lix* outragions criQE^ That wake he^vVs vengeance ; at fiich ibkmn houn^ Daemons -and goblins.thro' the dark air ihriek, ' While Jlecat, with her black-brow'd fillers nine, . Rides o'er the earth, and fcatters woes and death. Then too, they fay^ in drear ^Egyptian w\ld^ The lion and the tiger prowl for prey With roarings loud ! the lifl'mng traveller Starts fear-llruck, while the hpllow-echoing vaults^ Of pyramids encreafe the deathful founds. But let me never fail in cloudlefs nights. When filent Cynthia in her filver car TJyo' Ac blue €ouc^ve ilidesi wh^n fliine the hills^ twiakle C ^^s1 Twinkle die flmaiBfl, aiid :n«n«il( kibk ti^Vl w&ffUi To feek Come level mead, and tliere iavoke Old Midnight's fifterCotitemplatioii ilige» (Qgeen of the nigged hiow, aid ftera-fix'd eye) To lift my fool above thialitde earth» This foUy-fetter'd world : to pufge my ean» That I may hear ^rcdiing planet's f(itig;» ' And tuneful tumjhg fpheres : if this be.binrM, The little Fayes thftt d^ce la neighbouring d^l^ Sipping the night^ew^ while theyiaiigh and hne. Shall charm me-with aeiial noteSv*^As thas I wander mufing, lo, what aweful forms ' -. Yonder appear! iharp-ey^d-Philofophy Clad in dun robes, an eagle on his wrift; Firft meets my eye 5f next, virgm Solitude . Serene, who bluihes at each gazer^s fighti > Then Wifdom's hoary head, with crutch in hind. Trembling, and bent with age ; laft Virtue's fcJf Smiling, in whjt^ array *d, who with her leads ' Sweet Innocence, that prattles by her Ade^ A naked boy ! — ^Harrs^is'd with fear I Hop, I gaze, when Virtue thus— n< Whoe'er thou art* < Mortal, by whom I deign to be beheld < In thefe my midnight-walks ; depart, and fay * That henceforth I and my immortal train ' Foriake Britannia's ifle ; who fondly Hoops * To Vice, her favourite paramour,' — She fpok^ J^d as fte turo'd, her ^ouftd ^d rofy neck, ' Her fier B&$nng tnim, fladkotg amfarofial luur» Bf^tliing rich odows, I cmnaear'd view, O who will bear me tiMSB (o weftem climesy (Since Viitte leaves oar wtetched knd) to fields Yet nnpolluted with JQ)erim fimrds : To illes of innooeoce, fitmmuMtsd view Deeply retired, beneadi a jdantaiie^ fliad^ Where Happincfi aad Os^ fit ctithron'd. With fm^ple j^dian Aealns, ihat I may hunt The boar aiid tiger thro' Savannah's wtid. Thro' fragrant defaits, and duo' citron-groves. There fed on dates and herbs, would I deipife The far-fetch'd cates of Luxnryy a^d hosads Of narrow-hearted Avarice; nor heed The diftant din of the tomoltoots world. So when rude wlnrlwinds roosee thfe xt)aring main,^ Beneath fair Thetis fits* in coral eaves^ Serenely gay> nor finking (ailois cries ' PiAurb her fportive nymphs, who ronnd her fbrm The light fantaiUck dance, or for her hair W^ve rofy crowns, or with aclcording lutes Grace Ae fixft warbfes of her honied voice, '-^ An [ I07 3 An ODE to FANCY. O Parent of each lovely Mufe^ Thy fpirit o'er my foul difiife, O'er all my ardefs fongs prefide, My footftcps to thy temple guide. To offer at thy turf-bujlt ihrine. In golden cups no coftly wine. No mordeiM farting of the flock, But flowers and honey from the rock O Nymph with loofely-flowing h^r. With bulkta*d leg, and bofom bare. Thy waift with myrtle-girdle bound, Thy brows with Indian feathers crown'c^ Waving in thy fnowy hand An all-commanding jnagick wand. Of pow'r to bid frcfh gardens Wow 'Mid chearlefs Lapland's barren me wild, poetick dream, In converfe while ncthink&I xavc With Spenser duo* a fairy grove i TiU fuddenly awak'd^ I hear . Strange whilpcr'd nmfick in my ear. And my gkd foul in Uifs is drowa'd. By the fwcedy-fpodiittg found £ Me. t 109 ] Me, Goddcfs, by the right-haiid feaJi Sometimes tdro' the yellow mead* tVhere Joy and white-nAM Peace rttiutf And Venus keeps her Mive ooait. Where Mirth tod Youth eadi eveimigmee^ And lightly trip with nimMc feet. Nodding their lilly-crowned heads. Where Laughter roie-lip'd Hebe leads ; Where Echo walks fteep hillf amojig, Lift'ning to the fhepherd's ibng : Yet not thefc flowery fields of joy Can long my penfivc mind empldy, Hafte, FAffcY, from the (cenes of folly * To meet the matron MelaHcroly, Goddefs of the tearful eye» That loves to fold her arms and figh ; Let tts wit)i filent footfteps go To chamels and the houfe of wO^> To Gothick churdids, Yaultt, aiid tOfAh^, Where each (ad night fotne virgin comes. With throbbing breaft, and ^ed cheek. Her promisM brid^groom^s um to feek 1 Or to fome Abby's moald'ring tow'rs, Where, to avoid cold wintry fliow'rs, . The nailed beggar ihivering lies. While whirling tempers rocnd her rifCg And trembles left the tottering wall ' Should on her fleeping iniants fi4t« Now Kow let OS louder ibike the lyrtt For my heart glows with martial fire» I fee]« I feel, with fiidclenheat» My big tumultuous bofem beat ; The trumpet's daugors pierce my ear» A thouiand widows' fhrieks I he^f Give me another horie, I cry» Lo ! the bafe Gai^lic (quadrons fly ; Whence is this r^ ?«^what fpirit, (ayi To battle hurries, me away I *Tia Fancy^ in her fiety car, Tranfports me to the thickeil war. There whirls me o'er the hills of flain^ Where Tuihult luid Deftrttdtion reign ^ Where mad with pain, the wounded fteed Tramples the dying and the dead ; Where giant Terror iialks aroundf With Allien joy furveys the ground. And pointing to th' enianguin'd field. Shakes his dreadful Gorgon-ihi^dl O gdde me from this horrid fceni To high-arch'd walks and alleys gre^n* Which lovely Lura feeks, to ibun The fervors of the mid-day fun ; The pangs of abfen€e> O remove. For thou can'i^ place me near my kvei Can^fl fold in vifionary blifs. And let me think I ileal a kiisj While f III 1 VHale lier luby lips dil^paife Lufdous nc£tBt*i gwinlffUcucy ! WJicn young^d S^&iKq piofitrdy diioi From her green lap ibe piok a|ri wk^ When the foft tiutk of die 4de To Summer telk her tinder tale. When Autumn cooling otvemt Mkb^ And fbina with wine hit joBy dieekty When Winter, like poor pi^rifii o(d^ Shalces his £lver beaid wkh cM^ At e O queen of numbers, once again Aniaatate fbme chden Twain, Who Vko fillM with unexhaiiiled fire. May boldly finite the ibunding lyr^^ May fife above the rhyming throngs Who with feme new, onequall^d ibng ' O'er all our M'ning paiHons reign. Overwhelm our (buls with jpy and paiit^ With terror ihakey with pity move, Rouze with revenge, Or melt with love* O deign t! attend his evening walk. With him in groves and grottos talk t Teach him to kom with frigid art Feebly to toUch th' unraptur'd heart ; ^ Like lightning, let his mighty verfe The boibm's inmoft foldings pierce ; With native beauties win applaufe. Beyond cold criticks' dudied laws : O let each Mofe's fame encrpafe, O bid Britannia rival Greece I Sta^^as t m ) t • » • Sr^Nlfc AS tjoritten bn taking the Air after - a Jong Illnefs, I. HAIL, genial &n I tfeel thy fiowerfiil ray StrSike vigorous health into eaeh languid rtHit Lb, at thy bright approach, are fled away The pale-e/d fifiers Grief, Difeafe, and Pain. n. O hills, O forefts, aitld thou painted mead> Again adniit nae to your feirfet feats, - ? Prom the dark bed of pining ficknefs freeMi With double joy I feek your green retreats* ni. Vet once more, O ye rivers> ihall I lie» In fummer evenings on your willow'd banks^ And unobferv'd by paffing ihepherd's eye. View the light Naiads trip in wanton ranlcs% IV. Each rural objedl charnls, fd long unieen^ The bidoming brckards, the white wand'ring flocksi T!ie fields array*d in fight-refrelhing green, And with his loofea'd yoke the wearied 0x4 Vol. m* H V, fktt Here let me Kop beneath this fpreading bu0t> While ZcjAyr's v and lay an offering at her feet* ?T&tf Two Beavers. A Fable. [By the Rev. Mr. Duck,] > nr^ Were well, my friend> for human kind, X Would eViy man his bus^neft mind ; In his own orbit always move* Nor blame, noV envy thofe above. A BeaVer, well advanced in age. By long experience rendered iagCj Was ikillM in all the ufeful zrts^ And jufUy deemed a beaft of parts ; Which he ajppl/d (as patriots fhott'd) Tn cultivating publick good. this f "5] Tliis Beav«r on a c^fUin ^ > The timber all was rotten grown,-—- In (hort, the faoufe was tumbling down* The gen'rqus beaft, by pity fwa/d, Griev'd to behold it thus deca/d ; And while he moumM the tattered (cen^t The mailer of th^ lodge came in. The firft congratulations o'er. They reft recumbent on the floor ; When ihos the young conceited beaft His thoughts impertinent expre(s'd, I long have been furprizM to find. The lion gpftvm ^ wontfrous kindj To one peculiar fort of beafts. While he another fort detcfte j H z His t it6 J Hi^ toysl favour chiefly falls tJpon the ipecies of'jack-allsV They (hare the profits of his thron^^ lie (miles on them, and them alone. Meai\ while. the ferret's ufeAil race He icarce admits to fee his face i Tradnc'd by lies sind ill icpQrt|. They're baniih'd from his regal court. And counted, over all the plain,] Oppofers of the lion's reign. Now I conceiv'd a fcheme lafl nightf Would doubtlefs fet this matter right i Thefe parties fhould unite together | The lion partial be to neither, But let them both his favours ihare. And both'Confult in peace and war. This method (were this method try' And prop the roof before it falls* ^» If you this needful tafic perform, Youll make your maniion dry and warm ; And we may then oonverfe together. Secure fixxm this tempefiuoiu wedtherr CONTENTMENT. (b^ th Somen} FArewell afpiring thoughts, no more My ibul ihall leave the peaceful fhof^ To (ail ambition's main ; Fallacious as the harlot's kifs. Yon ptomift me uncertdn bllfs. And give me certain pain* H 3 Abeau^i A C "8 ] A beauteous pra%eft M fou Aer» WUcK ere furveT'dTOtt pant mew* And paint it wiuMPrinis {deafiutt s This in a third is quickly loft; Thus fiitnie good we c»vetniofl^ But ne'er enjoy Ae ptdbiu Deluded on frotfi ftene to iccM^ We never end, but Hill btgioy By flattering Hope betray^; Tm weary of the fftdtiM diaca^ Let others run this ettdlefi raoa To catch A^l^ring fliade. Lee others boiA dieir ufeleft weaMii Have I not honefty and hed,1th ? Which riches cannot give : Letolhers to preferment ioBTf Andy changing liberty for powV» In golden fliackks live. n'is tinsw sft lengtti* I AoM be wil% ^Tis lime to feek fubfb^pidal jof s i Joys out of Fortun^^pow'r: Wealth, honours^ di^fnlticts, and faaoitp Are toys the blind caprkiOufi daoifr Takes from us ty'ry hour. Come> r "9 1 * Come, conicious Viitne, fill my hrea(^ 4 And bring Content, thy daughter, dxeis^d In ever-fmiling channs : Let ficred Priendihip too attend ; A friendlhip VKxrAy of my friendy Suck as my Lslius wanns. m l^Qth tkefir FU in my bofom make A bulwark Fbmme cannot fhake, Tho' all her ilorms arife ; Look down and pity gilded flaves^. Deipife ambition's giddy knaves. And wifli the Fools were wife. The Education of ACHILLES. L AHme! isalloor pleaftremucM widiwoet Is there on earth no happine&fincere I Muft ev'n this bitter ftream of fbrrow flow From joy's domeftick firing, our children dear ? How oft did Thetis drop the fdieer tear. When with fond eyes fhe view'd her darling boy I How oft her bio^ heaVd with pre&ging fear. Left vice's iectet canker ihou'd annoy Ww virtoi^s op'ning bud, and all her hopes deitroy ! H 4 II. At A At lefigdiy fe Nereus had her rightly taught. That dottbtM cares giight e^t her.heart no mofe^ fler imp in prattling infancy fhe brdaght To the fam'd Centaur, on inount PeliQii hore. • » * • - • . . . Hight Chiron, whom to Saturn Phyl'ra bore ; Chiron, whofe wisdom flounih'd 'bov« his peors. In ev'iy goodly thew, and yirtupHs^ )or?. To principle his yet untainted years ; . The fe^d th^'$ ^arly iow|i, the feireft harvest bearst HI. Far. in the covert of a bulhy wood. Where aged trees their ftar-proof branches ^rea4i A ^tt, with grey mofs ever drc^ping flood ; Ne toftly- gems the Sparkling roof di^k/d, Ne cryibl f^uares the pavement rich inlaid. But o'er the pebbles, clear with glafly ftune» A limpid (beam in ibothing murmurs IlrayM^ And all around the flowering eglantine Its balnvy tc:n fidl jolly company. vni. Not far away was (age Experience placM, With care-knit brow> &c*d looks, and fober plight^ W}io weighing well the prefent with the paft^ Of every accident cou'd read aright. With him was rev'rend Contemplation pigbt» Bow-bent with eld, his beard of fhowy huei Yet age's hand mctte not empare the fights Still with iharp ken the eagle he'd purfue, A» thro' the buxom air to heav'n^s bright bow'rs ihe ficw« IX. Here the fond parent left her darling care. Yet foftly breath'd a figh as (he withdrew } Here the young hero, ev'n fi^m tender year, Eftfpon^ imbib'd.Ixiftruftion'5 hony'd dew* [ 1^3 ] (For well to file his tongue, fage Qiiron knew) And learnt to difcipline his life aright ; To pay to powers fupreme a reverence due. Chief to Satumian Jove, whofe dreaded .might Wings thro' difparted clouds the bik'ring lightning's flight X. Aye was the fhipling wont^ ere morning fair Had reared o'er eaftem waves her rofy tede. To grafp with tender hand the pointed ipear. And beat the thicket where the boar's fell breed Enihrouded lay, or lion's ttwny feed. Oft wou'd great Dian, with her woody traioy Stt^in nudchace to wonder at his fpeed, 'Whilft up the hill's rough fide fhe iaw him ftraint X>r fweep with ti^^ngel fiset along die level plain* 20. And when dun ihades had Uent the day's bright eyt. Upon hit ihouldersy with flow ftagg'ring pace. He brought the prey his hand had done to die, Whtlft Mood witii daft hefprent did foul difgnM The goodly features of his glowing face. When as the (age beheld on grafly foil Each panting corfe, whilH life did well apace. The panther of his (potted pride he'd (poil. To deck his foilcr fon : fit meed of daring toil. Xn.And' [ "4 ] xn. And ever smd anon the godlike fire. To temper ftem beheib with pleafaunce gkf, ~ Would touch (for well he cou'd) the filver lyrei So fweetly raviih'd each enchanting lay. That Pan, in fcomful wife, wou'd fling tway His milick pipe, and ev'n the facred trun Wbo'd leave their lov'd Pamafs' in trim array, ^And thought their own Apollo once again Chann'd his attentive flock, a fimple fhepherd (wain. xni. And ever and anon of worthies old, Whofe praife Fame's trump thro* earth's wide bounds had fpread. To fire his mind to brave, exploits, he told ; Pirithous, known for prowefl hardy-head ; Thefeos, whofe wrath the dire Procruiles fled ; And Hercules, whom trembling Lema fear'd^ When Hydra fell, in loathfome marfhes bred. In vain againft the fon of Jove uprear'd Head grouting under head, by thnllant faulchion fhearM^ XIV. The flem-b|X)w*d boy in mute attention flood. To hear the fage relate each great emprife ; Then (bode along the cave in haughtier mood, Whiia varying pafiions in his bofom rife. And C "5 ] And lightning-beams fiiih from his glowing eyt^ Ev'n now he fcoras the prey the debits yields Er'n now (as hope the future (bene fupplies) He fhakes the terrors of his heav'n-ferm'dlhieldt And braves th* indignant ilood» and thunders o'er dbe fickL Ah epistle from, S. J. Efyi in tte Country, to the Right Hon. the Lord Lov£LAC£ ;>; Town. Written in the Tear 1735. IN days, my Lord, when mother Time, Tho' now grown old, was in her prime. When Saturn firft began to role. And Jove was hardly come from ichoo^ How happy was ^ country life ! How free from wiokedneis and ftrife ! Then each man liv^d upon his farm. And thought and did no mortal harm ; On moiTy banks fair virgins flept. As harmlefs as the flocks they kept ; Then love was all they had to do. And nymphs were chaHe, a^d fwains were tnie. But now, whatever pOjCts write, 'Tis fure the cafe i$ alter*d <}uite, Virtue t "6 j Viittte no more in mral pkin^ Or innocence, or peace remains | But vice is in the cottage found. And country girls are oft unfound ; Fierce party rage each village fires> With wars of juftlces and Yquires j , Attorneys, for a barley ftraw. Whole ages hamper folks in law ; And ev*ry neighbour's in a flame About their rates, or tythe;, or game s Some quarrel for their hares and pigeons^ And fbme for diif'rence in religions :^ Some hold their parfon the beil preacher. The tinker fome a better teacher ; Thefe to the Church they fight for, ibangerai Have £uth in nothing but her dangers ; While thoie, a more believing people. Can fwallow all thing s b ut a. ileeple» But I, my Lord, who, as you knoW, Care little hOw theie matters go> And equally detefl the ftrife And ufualljoys of country life. Have by good fortune little ihare Of its diverfons, or its care ; For feldom I with Yquires unite. Who hunt all day, and drink all night | I^OT reckon wonderful inviting, A Quarter-fcflionji^ or cock-iightbg | But i "7 ^ But tien no £um loccnpy. With iheep to rot and cowi to dyt : Nor rage I much, or much dcfpair^ Tho' in my hedge I&d a fnare^ Nor view I, with due admiration, ' All the hi^ honours here in fafhicm; The great commiffioBs of the ^rum^ Terrors .to all whoxome before »em j Militia fcariet, edg*d with gold. Or the white llafFhigh-iheiifis hold ; The reprefentative's careffing. The ju<^'s bow, the bilhop's Ueffing, Nw can I for my foul delight In the dull feaft of neighboring knigfe, 'WJo, if you fend three days before. In white gloves nwets you at the door. With fuperfluity of breeding Firft makes you fick, and then with f4aeding. Or if with ceremony do/d. You wou'd next time inch plagues avoid. And vifit without previous notice^ JoHK, John, a coach !— I can't think who 'tis. My lady cries, who fpies your coach. Ere you the avenue approach ; Lord, how unlucky !— -waihing-day I And all the men are in the hay ! Entrance to gain is ibmethii^ hard. The dogs all bark, the gates uc^ barr'd; The 1 128} •The yar4*s with liiies of linch cfofs'df* The hall-dobr*s locked, the key is loft f *rhcfe difficulties all overcome, ^ - We reach at length the drawing-room. Then there's luch trampling over-head^ ^ Madam you'd fwear Was brought to bed i Mifs in a hurry1)urfts her lock. To get cleto fleeves to hide Tier fmock ; The fcrvants run, the pewter datters, ' My lady drciTes, calls, and chatters, - • The cook-maid raves for want of butter. Pigs fqueak, fowls fcream, and green geele floftefr Kow after three hours tedious waidrtgi On all our tieighWrs faultl debatliig. And having nine times' viewed the garden/ In which diere's nothing worth a farthing, " In comes my lady, said the pudden : YouwiUexcufe, fir,— oir'afudden— • * Then, that we may h&ve four tfnd four^* The bacons, fowls> and colly-flowY • ' Their ancient unity divide, ' ' The top one graced, oht *ach ^c ; ^ • Andby*andby'thefecoftdcourfe, ' "^ Comes lagging like a diftanc'd horfa : A falver then to churdi and king. The butler fweats, the glafles ring j ' The cloth i^movM, the toafts go rounds Bawdy and politicks abound -, ' ; : And And ^ the knigkt mote tipfy w^acdh *We damn dl minifters and taxes. At laft the ruddy fan quite funk. The coachman tolerably dnink, tVhirling o'er hillocks, ruts, and flones, Enough to diilocate one's bones. We home return, a wond'rons token Of heaven's kind care> with limbs unbroken. Affli^ us not, ye Gods, tho' finners. With many days like diis, or dinners I But if civilities. thus teaze me^ ^or bufinefs, nor diverfions pleafe mc^ Vonll afky. my Lord, how time I fpend ? I aniwer, with a book» or frieadt The circulafing hours dividing, Twixt reading, walking, eacing, riding | But books are Hill my higheft joy» Thefe earlieft pleaie, aiid lateft doy. Sometimes o'er diftant climes I ftray^ By guides experienc'd taught the way | The wonders of each region view^ From frozen La?lano to Pbrv ; » Bound o'er rough (eas, and mountains baie» Vet ne'er forfake my elbow chair. Sometimes ibme fam'tfl hiHorian's pen Recals pafl ages back agen» Where all I fee, through every page» Is but how men with fenfelefs rage Vol. in. I E««li Each other rob, cleftroy, and bufrf^ To ferve a prieft's,- or ftatefinan^s turti-| Tho* loaded with a di#*rtttt aim, Yet always afTes mach the fame. Sometimes r view with mudi delight^ Divines their holy game-cocks fight j Here faith and woi'ks at variance fet. Strive hard who flidT the Viftory get ; Preibytery and epifcopacy There fight To long, it Would afliaze ye s Here free-will holds U fierce dlfpute With reprobation abtolute i There fenfe kicks tranflibftatidationt And reafon pecks at revelation. With learned NeWton noW I fiy O'er all the rolling orbs on high, Vifit new world?, and fOr a minute This old oneTc'cm, andidHhat's in it ? And now wiAIabiMtring Boyle I trace Nature through ev\y ^indiiig maz^i The latent qualities' admire Of vapours, Waw-, air^ ahd fire : With pKafmg admimtioh feie Matter's furprifmg ftlbtlety ; As how the fmaUeft lamp difplays, For miles around, its (battered rays $• Or liow (the- cafe. fHH fitore t' explain) * A fart, that weighs not half a grain, » Sec Boyle'* Experiments* fk< i- ^e attnofpkere will oft perfume Of a whole fpacious drawing-room. Sometimes I pafs a whole long day In happy indc^encc away» In fondly meditaititig oV Paft pleafures, and in Kopihg more t Or wander through the fields and woods* And gardens bath'd in circling ^oods^ ^ There blooming flow'rs with rapture view> And ^larkliag gems of iiioming^dew> Whence in my mind ideas ri& Of C/elia's cheeks, and Chlo£*s eyes. Tis thusy my Lord, I, free fjx>m fbife^ Spend an ingfanioiis country life ; Theie ai^e the joys I Itill purfne. When abibit from the tovm aiid you : Thku pafl long fiunmer funs away, Bufily idle^ calinly gay ; ; Nor great» Dor^mjeon, nor rich» nor poot% Not having much, or wiihing more 3 Except that you, when weary grown Of all the follies of die town^ And feeing, in all pidblick |^aoet» The fame vain fops and painted face$» Wott'd fc^etimes kindly condefi:en4 To viiit a dull country friend : Here yott^ll be cirer fure to meet ' A hearty wdCQQic, tho' notre^t, i a On# Ohc who has nothing clfe to do, ^ J • But to divert himfelf and you : A houfe> wh^e quiet guards the door. No rural wits fmoak, drink and rodr ; Choice books, fafe horfes, wholefpme liquor. Clean girls, bdckgammon, and the vicar. To a LADY in Trnvn^ foon after her leaving the Countiy. \By the %ami^ , . WHilft you, dear miud, o'er thon&ndsbom to reign. For the gay ,town exchange the rural pbi&» The cooling breeze and ev'ning walk forfake For flifling crouds, which your own beauttei make ; Thro' circling joys while you incefiknt ftray. Charm iif the j^all, and fparkle at the play $ Think (if fucceflivc vanitiee can (pare One thought to love) what cmel.pangs I beaff Left in thefe plains all wretched, and alone, J To weep with fountains, and with echos groani And mourn inceffantly that fatal day. That all my blifs jwith Chloe fhatch'd away« Say by what arts I can relieve my pain," Muiick, verfe, all I try, but try in vaia; In vain the breathing flute my hand efftpk»ys» Latd the companion of my Gutot's voice* Nor » » Nor HANDELVnor CeRBLLiVtooefid Uti . * Qm harm otilase my foul, or ibodi my cares ; Thofe onc«-)ov'd med'cines anfucce(sf«l prove, Muficky alas» is bu^ the voice of love ! In vain I oft harmonious lines pemAi, And feek for aid from Pope's and Prior's muie ; Their treach'rous numbers but aflift the foe. And call fbrdi fcenes of fympathifing woe ; Here HE;toiSE mooms her abfent lover's chaimsr There panting Emma fighs in Hpnr y'^ arms j ' . Their Ipvte Hke aline ill-fatjcd J bemoan^ And i^ dieir tender borrows read my o^. ReiUefs ibmetimes, as oft the mournful dove Forfakea her^neft forlaken by herjove, I By from ho^jAe^ imd feek the iaqred fields, Where Cam's old urn its ftlver current yields, Whef^ folemn tow'rs o'erJook.e^iqh mo^Ty giove^ As if to guard i.t from th' adults of love ; Yet guard ^n vain> for there my Chlob's ey^s ^ But lately made whole colleges her prize 1 Her fons, tho' few, not Pallas cou'd defend; Nor Dullness fuccour to her dioufands len4; Love like a fever with infediqus r^c Scorch'd up the young, And thaw'd the froft of age ; To ga»e at her, ev'n Dons are feen to run, Aiul leave unfiniih'd p;pes, and authors — ^fcarce begun^ So Helen look'd, and mov'd with fuch a grace, When tbe grave feiviors of die Trojan racQ 1 3 Were I . ■ » Were forced tXde Sital beaattes to wimke^ That all their yoath conituii'd, and^ their tHwn on £ie« At famV NtwMAitKET oft I fpet^ the da^^ An Qnconcern'd (pefhtioroTtheplajr; ^ ' There pitilefs obfcnie the minM hdr * With anger fir*(l, or melting with deil|KLir r ' ^ For how (hou-d I his trivial iefi bemoan. Who feel one, ^fo much greater, of wy owti ^ There whil6 the golden heaps, a g^ariom priae* • ^ Wait the decifion of two rival dice, < Whilft long difputes \w\xtfoven zxAjhk Mataoin, And each, like parties, have their friends fer gakn Without one wHh Ifee the guineas fhine. Fate, keep your gold, 1 cry, make CffLOB'dikie^ Kow fee, prepared their i^tnwoft fpeed tb try, ■ ' - OV the fmooth turf the ixnuiding racers fly f Now mrore andm^'fc ^^^ Render limbs they (baint And foaming ftrctch along the velfl^ plain { Ah flay ! fi^t fteeds, your rapid flight %lay, J^o more the jockeyJs Smarting laih obey : Bftt rather let my hand dire£^ the rein. And guide your fleps a nobler prize to gain ] Then fwift as eagles cut the yielding aif. Bear nie, oh bear me to the abient fain * Now when the winds are huihVl, the air ferenc. And chearful (kn-beams gild d)e beauteous (cene, Penfive o'er all the neighb'ring fields I ftray, Whcre-e'cr br choice, er cjwnce direfts the way ; Or Or Ticw the opWng hwns, or piivate woods. Or diihnt bluifh hills, or filver floods : No«jjh«inlt(s hiids iafiUusa i^u'm^cl ** *' " ^*' ^ Now with fwift dogs purfue the flying hare ; >v Dull fports \ for oh my Ci^loe ^s not there i "^ ' BitigttedWiength'J wflSngl^rtiire ; > ■•'\ ' . To a foM !9^\y a|fd jl on.i|i ,a mo;9e5i)5's gone. And I once more am wf£td|Led and ^lone. So when glad Or p he u s, frojga, th* .infernal ihade Had jttft recall'^ hjis long-lamented maid. Soon as her charms had jeach'd his eager eycs^^ Loft in etCHial night— ragain flie dies^ 1+ ■■-•■>• 7e^ the Right lim. the Lady Margaret Cavendish HARtEV, frefefUed with a Colk0im ^fo^MS^ THE tuneful throng was ever beauty^^ care^ . And verfe a tribdite iacred to the fair, . Hence in each i^ the lovelieft nymph has been,! By undi^ted right, the mufe's (jueen ; Her finile(3 have all poetick^boToms firM, And patronised die verie dietnfclves infp^M : Lbsjiia prefided thus in Ronian times,. Thus Sacaarissa reign'd o'er British rhymes^ ^ And present bards to MARGAaiTTA bow. For, wh^ they were of old, is Harle y now. From Oxford's houie, in diefe dull bufy days^ Alone we hope fei: patioi^age, er praife ; He to our flighted labours ftiB is kind, Beneaith his roof w*are ever fnre to find (Reward fuffident for the world's negledl) Charms tb infpire, and goodnefs to protect ]; Tour eyes with rapture animate our lays, Yeur fire*9 kind hand up^eafs our drooping bays, - -- - FormM .1^37 3 . FormM for our glory and fupporty yelecm, ^ Our-conftant patron he, and you our th^me. Wiitie fhoii'd poetick homage then be pay*d ? Where ev'ryVei^, but at your fcet belk/d^ ,. .A double light you to thif empire bear, , As firft in beauty, and as Oxford's heir. Ulullrious maid ! in whofe fole perfon join'd £v*ry perfedion of the fair we find. Charms that might warrant all her fex's pridc^ Without one fblb)^ of her fex to hide ; ^ Good nature, Mie&ta*^ bloom thitt dier * >' Her cheeks, and wk ieir piercing as her ^fts* - Oh Harlby ! conM but you thefe linei uppttrwe^ Thefe children fpnmg from idlenefs, ai^ \av% Cou'dthey, (butldihttwvainisthedefigii!) (lope to amiife your ^urs, as once tfevy've mhicw Th' ill judging warld!r«9ph»fe, and critiek^s Uaite Alike r4 fcom ; your appfobfttioii^ fmm. - 'I CHLOE t I3S ] V TOO pj[%|a[, 49* jr^^f! jth^ teii^e^k Bat fof^y^ikh :ikke li^ jt ^|^|^ ■1^ r I f orbqfal'^IPfifUifjalifiQft ^wV.ttl ll^« . N or feftiiCK 01^ your .tiaqr ; . For U9giiSiS>xii.QbeT^ - CouM all yoor arts feccefsfiil piove^ Won'd you a maid undo ? Whofe greateft failing is her lore^ And that h^ love for^Ri « Sty, wou'd you uft tjuit very pow> Yoa from her fondnds claiio^ To ruin in one fatal hour A life of fpotlefs {d3M^ >» I .» Akf J AHt ceafe, my dear^ to do 4n ill^ ,- j^' fiic^t^jper]iap$ you may I But radrer try your utmoft fluH To fav^^e*, than betray; Be you yi)urfelf i^y virti^e's gi||ud, Defend, and not purfue ; Since 'tis a tplk^tor nie too hard* To fight with love said jrou. T r 7J? //>^ Right ' tlonourdbje the ' E A r l V Clf E 5 rn RFIEL D, on bis be(n^ inJialVd Knight of the Garter* THefe trophies, Stanhopb, 6f the lovely dame. Once the liright objeft of a hionardi!s flame. Who with fuch juft propriety can wear. As thouy the darling t/f the gay and fair ? See cv*ry friend to wit,- politenefs, kwe. With one confi^it thy ibvereign*$ choice ap pK o v el And Iiv*d Plantagsnbt her v«Mce to |6in, Hexfelfi and Gauter^ ho&L were forety tbinc* To *[V4o ] 1 I « To A L AD Y, ' Sent with a Present of Shells and Stones defigrCi for « Gr.otto. \Sy the Same.^ With gifts like th€%> tiie (jpoib of neighb'mg;^ Qw»tes> The Indian (Wain hisfable love adorer, .^OfE'rJito^wtlltUtedtotheduikytoino • -> , Of his rude goddds» but unworthy tmuie ; ^ And yet they feem not fudi a ¥W)rthle6 fm9» if nicely ^view'd by pliIofi>phkk eyes : ^ , . • \ And fiich are yows* that nature-s work$ admire With wannth like 4)»% whkh iMy thenifelves inipiree To fuch bow fair appears each grain of fanfl, .• On l^umbleU weed, -45 wmagbt by nattu-e's . hiin4{ ^ ^ Hoy far fuperior to all homaa ppwV Springs the green blade, or buds the painted ilow^r \ In all her births, thg' of the meaftellWWs. . 1 . . A juil obferver eQtftrtaiwnent Indsy Withfoadd^Uglit her low.prodo^on&feesj, . •, And how fhe g^ptly rlU& by degrees.; , y^ Aihell, or flone^x:HflL.witb/|>leafure viewji-. :f lience trace her Qoblefi works, the Mav'nt^and yon. ''^ Bcholdi [ Hty '- ^dioid, W# bfight thefit gaady talet ft!hei Tlie lovely fportings of a hand divine ! See with what art each curious fhelt is made. Here carv'd in fret-^work, there with pearl inlaid 1 "Wiut va^ftveaks iSti csmt^'d ftoncs adom» Fair a3 the paintings of the plirite itioni ! Yet ibll not half their charms can reach o«r eyes> While thus confiis'd ^e fparkling QiaQt li^s i < Doubly theyll pleaie» when in your Grotto placM, TIm^ plainly ipeak the fair di4>pA<^st>ilei ... Then glories yet unieen fhall o'er them rife» New order from your handi new Ittftre from your ey€S« How fweety ha^ channhig wiH appeas (hie Gxot» When by your art to fUU perfe^on hronghtl Ftere verdant plants, and bkoo&ing fiow'rs will grow i There bubbling currents through the? fbdOUwoik flow 3 Here coral mix'd with flietis of vttiicms dies> There pohifa'd ftone witt chano our wond'ring eyes j Helightfhlbow'rof bUfi! lecmt retreat! Fit for the Mufes, aiid Statiu a*s ftas. But ftill hoiKr good muft be that fair-one*s mind, ' Who thus in iblitade can pleafure find i Itte mufe her company, good-ienle her guidey RtfifUefs charms her pow^» but not her pride : Wlio thus forfakes the town, the park, alid play, In f dent (hades to pafi her (lottts away ; Who better likes to breathe fitfh country air* ' Than ride imprifonM in a velvet chair, ; ■ And And bkJccs die tW^W^nJltemgaitf >^ . Before the thrills of Fi^Ri^fitn's v^id^ ; ^ J^refett her bookiHla*! 4olle8 to fteal yrar beact. The Art of DANCING. A Posii*. ^ bicrib'd to the Rt< Km. thtLady F^n n y Fi s upline*. ' Written in the* Year I730, JtueJfufatuitQta. VlRO, C ANTO L • • - IN the fino6A dance to move with graceful mitt^ Eafy with care, and fprightly tho* fercne. To mark th* inftru6Uons echoing ftrains convey. And witfi juft fleps each tuneful note obey, I teach ; Tbe prefent, all ye facred Choir, ^ Blow the fbft flute, and (Irike the (bunding lyre ; When Fielding bids, your kind affiftance bring, Aod at her feet the lowly tribute fling i Oh [ H5 1 Oh may her eyes (to ^ this verie ia dn^) What firft tfaemielvcs in^*d, youdifafc to vkw! Hail loftieft art t tjiou oaa'A all hearts infiMurep And make the faireft fiiU appear jnOte fair« Beauty can little execatkm do» Unlefs (he bonty^s half her ivms from you ! Few, like PV'qmalion, doat on lifde& charai» . Or care to cla^ a ftatoe m dieir arms I But breaib of flint fiiuft melt vnA fierce defire» When art and motion wake tlie fleepn^ firt : A Venus, draivn by great Apdles' hand» May for a whJk our wood'iing eyes command. But ilill, dio* hacta*d with all the powers of art» The ifftlefs piecie can ne^ev -warm the heart ; . So fair a nymph, perhaps, may pkafe the eye, Whilft all her beauteous limbs unadive lie. Bat when her chama aro HHhMftWe dHpla/^ Then ev'ry heart adores the lovely maid : This fets her beauty in the iaireft light. And ihews each grace m 6^ f«rft£tion bright ; Then, ' as ihe turns around, from every part. Like poicupin^s fhe fends a pietcing dart; In vain, alas! die fond fpe^^or tries To Ihun the pliailrig dangers' of her eyes, Tor, Parthian*lilaer» {he wounds as fore behind, * With fioAying curls, "and ivory neck re^lin'd : m Whether her fleps- the Mihuet's' inastes trace. Or the flow Xouvre's more majcllick pace. Vol. IIL K ' Whethtf I t 146 1 I Whether the Rigadoon employs her care^ I Or iprighdy Jigg difplAys the nimble fair^. I At every ftep new beiMities we explore, > I And worfhip now, what we admired before ; I So when ^neas, in the TyHan gfOtre, , . Fair Venus met» the chalking qtneeA of Ii0we>. The beauteous goddefsy xAM. nnmoir^d fhe &)od» Seem'd feme fair liymph, the goardian of the .wood i But when fhe mov^d^ at imcc, her hmt^nly mkn ' And gr^eful ftep confe^d bright Beauty's queeni New g1c»ies o^er her form each moment rtfd^ And all the Godd^ opens to his eftSi . Nowhafley myMttfe, purfite thy.dfBdiii'd way» iXniat dreiles beft become the ^mcor, % i . The rules of cbefs forget not to impart^ . A leflbn previous to the dancing arL v The foldierfs fcark»f lovdffigt £t»i a^u-^ Shews that his bloody dctupttsan's war ; . > Whilft the lawn badd, beneath a clonUe chbi As plainly (peski ^vmkfmkim ; < - The milk-maidi >k{c thro* driving rains and fnows^ WrapM in her cIoak» and prop'd on pattens* goes^^ Whilft the foft Bfeller immur'd in velvet chair^. Keeds but the filkexs fiioe, and trufts her bofom bare i The woolly drab, and English broad-doth, warm. Guard well the horfeman from the beating ftonn, . But load the dancer with too great a weight; And call from cv-^ry |>bre the dewy fweat } RatJrtBf ka^er lei hjlh his a^ve limbs display in cambist tlun, dt gloffy padu&Toy; Let no unwieldy pride his (boulders prefs} But airy, light, and eafy be his dreis ; Thin be his yielding foal, afid low his heeh So fludlhe nimbly bounds axuliafely wheel. But let not precepts kni>wn m)r vei^ prolong* 'tVecepts whioi uie will better teach, than (bng i Por why Ihoald I the gallant Ipark command, IVith clean white gloves to Ei his itBdy hand f Or in his fobb eiili veiiiiig fpiiits wear. And pungent ialts to raife the iaindng fair ? Or hint^ the fword that datigles at his Me, Shle chanu Let each fair maid^ w)k> fears to be di%rac*d| Pyer be fore tp tye her garter faft| J^ft the loosed ftring, amidfl the publick ball, A wifh'drfor pri^^ to ibjnc p|oud fop fhould fal}," l^lio the rkh drafuie (hall diiimphant fhpv. And with warm bluihe^ caiife her cheeks to glow, But yet, (ai Fortune by the felf-fame ways She humbles inany, ipme delights to raife) It happened once, a fair illuilriaus d^e By fuch negled acquired immortal fame; And hence the fadi^t Star ^4 ^F^?'* ^^^ Britannia's nobles grace, if Fame fays true : Hence ibll, Plantagenbt, thy beauties bloom^ Tho' long fince mouldered in the duiky tomb. Still thy lofl Cgrtef is t}iy fpY*fcign's care. And v;hat each royal breail is prQud to wear. But let me now my lovely charge remind. Left they forgetful leave tjieir fans behind ^ Lay not, ye fair, the pretty tpy aiide, A toy at once difplay'd, for ufe and pride, A wond'rous engine, that by magick charms. Cools your t)\vn breafls, and ev'ry other's waims^ ^hat daring bard ihall e'er attempt to tell TJxe ppY^-rs, that in this little weapon dw^ll ? Wbat- l 151 3 What verfe can e Vr explain its Tarious pkxU, Its num'roas ufes, motionsy channs and arts ? Its painted folds, that oft' extended wide» Th' afflided fair one's blubber^ beaaties hide. When fecret forrows her fad bofom fill. If Strephon is unkind, or Shock is ill : Its fticks, on which her ey«s dejed^d pore. And pointing fingers number o'er and o'er. When the kind virgin bums with fecret (hamej pies to confent, yet fears to own her flame ; Its (hake triumphant, its vidorious dap. Its angry flutter, and its wanton tap ? Forbear, my Mufe, th' extenfive theme to fing> Nor trufl in fuch a flight thy tender wing ; Rather do you in humble lines proclaim. From whence this engine took its form and name. Say from what canfe it firft derived it^ birth* How form'd in heav'n, how thence deduc'd \o e^fth, Otice in Arcadia, that famM feat of love, There liv'd a nymph, the pride of all the grove^ A lovely nymph, adom'd with ev*ry grace. An eafy fhape, and fweetly-blooming face, Fanny the dajQfel's name, as chafte a;ii fair. Each virgin's envy, and each (wain's de^air | To charm her ear the rival (hepherds (ing, Slow the foft flutje, and wake the trembling (bing^ for her they leave their wand'ring flocks to rove, Whilft Fanny's name refounds thro' ev'ty grove, ^tki fpc^ds on ev'ry tree, inclos'd ia koots of love 1 t 152 3 As Fielding's now, her eyes all hearts inflame^ Like her in beauty, as alike in name. Twas when the fummer fun, now mounted high. With fiercer beams had (corch*d the glowing (|cy> Beneath the covert of a cooling ihade. To ihun the heat, this lovely nymph was lay'd ; The fultry weather o^er her cheeks had fpread A blufh, that added to their native red. And her fair breads, as polifh'd marble white. Were half conceal'd, and half expos'd to fight : ^OLus the mighty God, whom wind$ obey, Obierv'd the beauteous maid, as thus ihe lay. O'er all her charms he gaz'd with jfbnd delight. And fuck'd in poi&n at the dang'roos fight ; ' He fighs, he bttms , at laft declares his pain. But flill he iigh^, and llill he wooes in vain ; The cruel n3^mph, regardleis of his moan» Minds, not his flame, uneafy with her own ; But ftill complains, that he who fuPd the air Wou*d not command one Zephyr to repair , Around her face, nor gentle breeze to play Thro' the dark glade, to cool the foltry day j By love incited, and the hopes of joy, Th' ingenious God contrived this pretty toy. With gales inceflant to relieve her flanie ; And called it Fan, from lovely Fanny's name* CANTO i ^53 1 C A N -T O D- NO W fee prepared to lead the fprigbtly dance. The lovely nymphs,and well drels'd youths advance I The (pacious room receives its jovial gnefl, And the floor (hakes with pleaiing weight opprefl'd : Thick rang'd on ev*ry fide, with various dyes The fair in gloify iilks our fight fiirprize : So» in a garden bathM with genial ihow'rs, A thoufiind forts of variegated flow'rsy Jonquills, carnations, pinks, and tulips ri^. And in a gay confiifion charm our eyes. High o'er their heads, with num'rous candles bright; Large fconces ihed their l*parkling beams of light. Their fparkling beams, that Ml more brightly glow* Refleftcd back from gems, ai^d eyes below : Unnumber'd &ns to cool the crouded fair With breathing Zephyrs move the circling air. The fprightly fiddle, and the founding lyre Each youthful breail with gen'rous warmth inlpiie;' Fraught with all joys the blifsful moments By, Whim mufick melts line ear, and beauty charms the efc» Now let the youth, to whofe fuperior place It firft belongs the fplendid ball to grace> With humble bow, and ready hand prepare. Forth from the croud to lead his cho(en fair ; The fair Jhall not his kind requeft deny. But to the pleafmg toil with equal aidour fly, 9at f 154 J Bfft (tay, ra{h pair» not yet untaught advance^ Firft hear the MvScy ere you attempt to dance ; ■ By art direded o'er the foamipg tide fiecmc from rocks the painted vefTels glide f . By art the chariot fcours the dsfly plain. Springs at the whip, and ^ hears the ftrait'ning xdii 2 To art our bodies muH obedient proves If e'er we hope with graceful caie to move. Long was the dancing art nafix'd,. and fiee^ Hence loft in error, and uncertainty. No precepts did it mind, or rules obey. Bat ey'ry mafter taught a difi^'rent way ; Hence ere each new-born dance was fully try*d„* The lovely prodnd ev'n in blooming dy*d, Thro' rarious handjs in wild confuiion tofs'd» Its iteps were alter'd, and its ^auties loft ; Till « FuiLLET, the pride of Galuia, rofc. And did the dance in chara£lers compofe. Each lovely grace by certain marks he taught, y\nd cv'ry ftep in lafting volumes wrote ^ Hence o'er the world this pleafing art fhall ipread, j^d every danqe in ev'r^^ di^ie be read«, «r » Arte citae ve!oque rates remoquc movcntur, Arte levcs cun*us. OviD. *** >}ec audit cumis habenas. ^ ^^'^*'' *= Fuillet wrote the Art of Dancing by'charafters £n FreniW fncc translated by Wearer. J [ ^55 ] ^ diftant aiafters AidI each ftep be pBen^ Tho' mountains liicy aii4 oceans roar between ; Hence, with her iUler arts, fhal! Dancing claini An equal right to univerfal fame, And Isaac's rigadoon fhaU live i^s long, ^s Rai^hael's painting, oras Viilgil's feog^. Wife Nature ever, with a pmdent baod, Diipenfes various g^ts to ev'ry knd» To ev'ry nation frugally iiopartB A genius fit for fome peculiar arts.; To trade the Dutch incline, the Svri^ to am^ Muiick and verfe ju^ foft Italia'^ charms ; Britanni/v julUy glories to have found . Lands lonexplor'd, fuid fail'd the globe around i But none will fure prefume to rival France, - Whether (he forms, or executes the dance ; To her exalted genius *tis we owe The fprightly Rigadoon and Louvre flow» The Boree, and Courant unpra^is'd long, Th' immortal Minuet, and the fmooth Bretagne, With all thofe dances of illUfhiQus fame, * That from their native country take their name^ With thefe let ev'ry ball be firft begun, J^or country-dance intrude 'till thefe are done. Each cautious b^d, ere he attempts to iing» ¥w^ gently fluttVing trys his tender wing, * French dancet^ A|i4 A C 156 5 And if he finds that with uncommon fire The Mufes all his ra^tBr*d foal infpire. At once to lieanr'n he foars in lofty odes And iings alone of heroes and of gods ; But If he trembling fears a flight fo high. Hi then defcends to fofter elegy ; And if in elegy he can't foccced. In pafl^ml he may tune ijbe oaten reed i So fhoQ^l the dancer, ere he tries to move. With care his flrength, his weight, and genias prove i Then, if be&i Who in this one important point offend ; for this, whea now united hand in hand E^er to Hart the youthful couple fland ; Let thejji a while th«ir nimble feet rcftrain. And with foft taps beat time to cv'xy Ibaia ; So So for the race prepared two cotirfers ftand, And with impatitot pawings fpuni the fand. In vain a iliatter fhall employ his care, "Where nature once has fixM a clmnfy air ; Rather let fuch, to country fports confin'd, Purfue the flying hare, or timorous hind i Nor yet, while I the rural Tquire de(piie» A mien eifeminate wou'd I advife ; With equal (com I wouM the fop deride^ Nor let him daiice^— >but on the w^maii's Mbw And yon, fair nymphs, avoid with ^uat care^ A ihipid dulnefsf, and a coquet l&ti * Neither with eyes, that ever love the ghAind, Afleep, like fpinning tops, run round and fO«lid} Nor yet with giddy looks, and wanton ^ridf^ Stare all around, and fkip from fide to fide,. True dancing, like true wit,' is beft ezpreA*d By nature only to advantage dreis'd ; 'Tis not a nimble bound, or caper high. That can pretend to pleafe a curious eye. Good judg^ no fuch tumblers tricks leg^. Or think them beautiful, beicaufe they*re haid« *Tis not enough, that ev'ry ffandet-by No glaring errors in your fteps can ipy. The dance and muiick muft fo nicely meet. Each note fhou'd feem an echo to your feet t A namelefs grace muft in eacli movement dwells Wiiich w^rds caa neVr exprcfc, or precepts tell^ Not kbt to be taiighti but ^er to be keH In Flavians air« and Chlob's eafy mien : *'Fis fuch an air that mak^ ber thouf^ifids' fall; When Fielding dances at a biith<-nig]fff ball i Smooth as Camilla Ac ikfina o^er the plains And flies like her tluo' CFOuda of heroes flain.- Now when the Minuet oft* r^)eated o'^r» (Like all terrefirial joys) can pleafe no morei And ev'ry nymph,^ itfofing tdjexpand Her charmsi 'd^cKoe^ Ae cmndating band ; Then let the jovial c^tty^dadc^ begin. And the loud fiddles call each firaggler in :- hat ete they cOokt^ permit me to difclofe, liow finl, a^ legrirfs. flrllf tbis fttftisne r6fe. In andent t^vt^^ (fiicb time^ are now no mote) ^Vhen Albion's cvov^iUoftiioii^ A&THua wore. In fome£airHC>p^nii^ glade, each fummer^s njghti iVhere the pale mooji difiii^'d her filver lights On the loft carpet pf agrafly StSdi The {porting fairies- their aflembKes h^ld i Some lightly trjffiaig with their pygmy queen^ In circling riiigtets marked the levd green,* Some with (oft notes bade aclldw pipes reiband^ And mufick Warble tfasio' die groves around i Oft' lonely fhepherds by the foreft fide. Belated peafants oft' &eir revels ipy'd, And home returningi 6*dr the nut-brown ale, 'Their guefts diverted with the wond'rous talc. t i59^ InAni^tect henee, throughout die Britiih ifle. And fend to imitate die pleafing toil. Round where the trembling may-pole's b^d on hig^^ And bears its fiow'ry honours to the iky, *rhe ruddy nvuds, iuid fen4xmit fwains rekrU And praflife eV^ry night tlie lovely fport ; On ev'ry fide ^olian arttfts ftand, Wbofe adive dlxnirs fwelling winds command^ The fwelling winds harmonious pipes ihfpire. And blow in ev'iy fareaft a gen'ixnis £re. Thus taught at firft die country-dance begaRj And hence to dtiH and toeooits it raiif Succeeding ages 4id m time iafart Various improVeitKlnt» to the loively art : From iieldfi and.gnimss to palaces removed* Great ones the plea&ij, oxercife approiv'd ; Hence the lood fiddly and ihriU tnui^pet's ibcmds^. Are made compaaioDS^ of tke dancer's bounds ^ Heiibe gems, ai>d iilks» brocades, and ribbons joln^ To make the ball with pet&ft lufire fiune. So rude at iirft the tr^ick Muie apgear'dA Her voice alone by ruftkk rabble heard^ Where twiftinf trees a. cooling arbour made> The i^leas'd fpedators iat beneath the fhade. The homely ftagc with rufhes green was ftrcw' And in a cart the (fa-ollifig adors rode t Till time at length improved the great deiign. And bade the fcenes with painted limdikips Qiine ; Tltef! A r i6o ] Then art did all the bright machines difpo&j And theatiies of Parian marble rofe. Then mimick thunder ihook the canvas iky» And Gods defcended from their towVs on hi^h. With caution now let. ev'ry youth prepare To choofe a partner from the mingled fair i Vain wott'd be here th* inibuding Mufe's voice. If fhe pretended to dire£t his choice : Beauty alone by fancy is exprefs'dy And charms in different forms each di£erent breaft ; A fiiowy (kin this am*rous youth admires^ Whilfl nut-brown cheeks another's bofom firesi. Small waxfts and (lender limbs fome hearts infiiare» While others love tk« more fubftantial fiur. But let not outwani charms your jadgmeiits fway» Your reafon imther than your eye^ obey> And in die dance, as in the maitiage nooie. Rather for merit, th»i for beauty^ choofe : Be her your choice, who knows with pcrfed fldll' When (he fhouM move, and when Ihe fhou'd be 1B]3» Who uninlbufted can perform her ihare, And kindly half the plcafing burthen bear. Unhappy is that hopelefs wretch's fate> Who fettej^d in the matrimonial ftate With a poor, fimple, unexperienc*d wife. Is forced to lead the tedious dance of life ; And fuch is his, with fuch a partner joinM, .A moving puppet, but without a mind : stin [ i6i ] Still mad his hand be pointlog out the way. Yet ne'er can teach fo faft, as (he can ftray. Beneath her follies he muft ever groan. And ever blulh for errors not his own. Bat now behold united hand in hand, Ranged on each fide, the well-pair'd couples (land f Each youthful bofom beating with delight. Waits the brilk fignal foir the pleafing fight y WhileloveTy eyes, that^afh unufual rays. And fnowy bubbies pull'd above the ftays, Quick bufy hands, and bridling heads declare. The fond impatience of the ftarting fair. And fee, the fprightly dance is now begun ! Now here, now there the giddy maze chey run. Now with flow llepe they pace the cirding trng^ Now all confus'd, too ftyift forfightduey fpring : So, in a wheel with rapid fwy^tofs'd. The undiftingttifh'd fpokes are in the modon loft. The dancer here no more recpiiits a guide. To no ftrid fteps his nimble feet are ty*d. The Mufe's. precepts here wott'd ufelefs be. Where all is fancy'd, nnconfin*d, and free ; ' Let him but to the mufick*s voice attend. By this inftrudled, he can ne'er offend j If to his fliareitfalls the dance to lead. In well-known paths he may be fure to tread ; If others lead, let htm their motions view, And in their fteps the winding maze purfue. Vol. III. L In [ i62 ] In ^'ry Country-daace a ferious mindy> Turn'd for refledion> can amoral find, Ia Hant-the- Squirrel thus the nymph we view. Seeks when we fly, but files when we porfue : Thus in Round-dances^ where our partners chattge. And unoonfin'd from fair tofiiir we range. As foon as one from his own confort flies. Another feizes on the lovely prize i A while the fav'rite youth enjoys her charms. Till the next comer fteals her from his arms. New ones fucceed, the laft is iUU her care ; How true an emblem of tk^ inconilant fair f Where can philofophers, smd iages wife. Who read the curious vdumes of the ikm% A model moreexad dum d^ncang name. Of the creation's uniTer&l frame ? Where worlds unnumbered o'er th' aediereal way, In a bright Regular confofion ftiay ; Now here, now there tb^y whirl along the iky. Now near approach, and now far diftant fly. Now meet in the fame order they begun^ And then the great celeflial dance is done. Where can the morUifl flnd.a jufttr plan Of the vain labours, and the life of man ? A while thro' juiUing crouds we toil, andfweat. And eagerly purfue we know not what. Then when our trifling fliort-liv'd race is run^ Quite tir'd fit down, juft where we firft begun. Tho' L »6s ] Tho' to yoar arms kind fate^s ifldnlgent care Has giv^n a partner exqaiiitely fair. Let not her charms fo much engage your Keart^ That yoa negled the fkilful dancer's part ; Be not, when you the tunefU notes ihoold hear. Still whifp*ring idle prattle in her ear ; When you ibou*d be fiaploy'dj be not at play^ Nor for your joys all others fteps delay : But when the finifh'd dance yon once have done. And with applaufe thro' ev'ry couple run. There reft a while : there fnatch the fleeting bUfs^ The tender whifper, and the balmy kifs ; Each fecret wiih, each fofter hope ccmfeTs, And her moift palm with eager fingers prefs ; With fmiles the fair (hall hear your warm deJ^es, When mtlfick melts her foid, and dancing fires. Thus mix'd with love, the pleafing toil purfue. Till the unwelcome morn appears in view ; Then, when approaching day its beams difplays. And the dull candles fhine with fainter rays. Then when the fun juft rifes o'er the deep. And each bright eye is almoft fet in ileep« With ready hands, obfeqnious youths, prepare Safe to her coach to lead each chofen fair. And guard iier from the morn's inclement air : Let a warm hood enwrap her lovely head. And o'er her neck a handkerchief be fpread, L 2 Axound 1 [ i64] Around her fhotrfdcf s let this arm be caff, Wliilfl that from cold defends her (lender waifl ; With kiffes warm her balmy lips (hall glow, Unchiird by nightly damp^, or wintry fnow ; While gen'roffs white -wine, mulPd with ginger warav Safely protedls her inward frame from harm. But ever let my lovely pupils fear To chill their mantling blood^ with cold fnaall-beer ; Ah, thoughtlefc fair! the tempting draught rcfufe. When thus forc-warh'd by my expcrienc'd M tt(e j Let the farfconfequence your thoughts employ. Nor hazard future pains, for prefcnt joy, Defbudion lurks within the poisonous dofe> A fatal fever, or a pimpled nofe. Thus thro* each precept of the dancing art The Mufe has p!ay*d the kind inftruftor's parr. Thro' ev'ry maze her pupils flie has led. And pointed out the fureft paths to trelad ; No more remains ; no more the goddefs fings. But drops her pinions, and unfurls her wings ; On downy beds the weary dancers lie. And fleep's filk cords tfe down each drowfy eye ;: Delightful dreams their pteafing fports reftore, And ev'n in fleep they feem to dance once more. And now the work compleatly finifhM lies. Which the devouring teeth of time defies ; Whilft birds in air, or fifh in ftreams we find,. Or damfels fret with aged partners join d ; r 1^5 3 As long as nymphs AslLI with attentive car A fiddle rather than a fermon hear : So long the bfighteft eyes fhall oft perufc The ufcful lines of my inftru^aive Mufe i Each belle ftiall wear them wrote upon her fan. And each bright beau (hall read them if he can. t THE MODERN FINE GENTLEMAN. WritUn in the Tear 1746. [By the Same,"] ^uaie portentum neque mtUtaris Daunia in latis alit ejculetis^ Nee tjuba tellus generate ietmum Arida nutrix, JUST brojce from fchool, pert, imppdent, and raw 5 Expert in Latin, more expert in taw. His honour polls o'er Italy and France, Meafures St. Peter's dome, and learns to dance. Thence having quick thro' various countries flown, dean'd all their follies, $nd expos'd his own» li\c back returns, a thing fp ftr^nge ^1 o'er, ^f never ages pall produced before : L 3 A [ i66 ] A monfter of fuch complicated worthy As no one iingle clime coold e*er bring forth : Half atheift, papift, gamcftcr, bubble, rook. Half fidler, coachman, dancer, groom, »id cook. Next, becaufe bns^nefs now is all the vogue. And who'd be quite polite mnft be a rogue. In parliament he purchafes a feat. To make th' accomplifh'd Gentleman compleat. There (afe in felf-fufHcient impudence, Without experience, honefty, or fenfe. Unknowing in her int'reft, trade, or laws. He vainly undertakes his country's caufe : Forth from his lips, prepared at all to rail. Torrents of nonfenfe burft ; like bottled ale, Tho* ihallow, muddy; briik, tho' mighty dull; Pierce without ftrength; overflowing, tho' not full. Now quite a Frenchman in his garb and air. His neck yok'd down with bag and folitaire. The liberty of Br i t a i n he fupports. And ftorms at place-men, miniilers, and courts ; Now in crop'd greafy hair, and leather breeches. He loudly bellows out his patriot fpeeches ; King, lords, and commons ventures to abufe. Yet dares to fliew thofe ears, he ought to lofe. From hence to White's our virtuous Cato flies. There fits with countenance ered, and wife. And talks of games of whift, and pig- tail pies. I Plays [ 1^7 ] Flays all the night» nor doubts each law to break, Himfelf unknowingly has helped to make ; Trembling and anxious, ftakes his-utrnqft groat, Peet)s o'er his cards, and looks as if he thought : Next mom difowns the lofles of the night, Becaufethe fool would fain be thought a bite. Devoted thus to politicks, and cards. Nor mirth, nor wine, nor w(»nen he regards, So far is ev'ry virtue from his heart. That not a generous vice can claim a part ; Nay, left one human paffion e'er fhould move His foul to friendfliip, tendemefs, or love. To FiGG and Broughton he commits his breail. To fteel it to the fafhionable teft. Thus poor in wealth, he labours to no end. Wretched alone, in crouds withoc\t a friend ; Infenfible to all that's good« or kind. Deaf to all merit, to all beauty blind ; For love too bufy, and for wit too grave, A harden^, fober, proud, luxurious knave. By little adUons driving to be great. And proud to be, and to be thought a cheat. And yet in this fo bad is his fuccefs. That as his fame improves, his rents grow lefs ; On parchment wings his acres take their flighty And his unpeopled groves admit the light ; With his eftate his intereft too is done» His honeft borough feeks a warmer fun, L 4 For •♦ I [1683 For him» now ca(h and liquor flows no more. His independent roters ceafe to roar : And Britain ibon maft want the great defence Of all his honefty» and doqaence> But that the generous y oath more anxious grown For publick liberty, than for his own, Marries fome jointured antiquated crone : And boldly, when his country is at ftake. Braves the deep yawning gnlph, like Curt i us, for its fake. Quickly again diftrefs^d for want of coin. He digs no longer in th* exhauded mine. But feeks preferment, as the lafl refort. Cringes each mom at levees, bows at court. And, from the hand he hates, implores fupport : The minifter, well pleas'd at fmall expence To filence fo much rude impertinence, With fqueeze and whifper yields to his demands. And on the venal lift enrolFd he flands ; A ribband and a penfion buy the flave. This bribes the fool about him, that the knave. And now arrived at his meridian glory. He finks apace, dcfpis'd by Whig and Tory ; Of independence now he talks no more. Nor (hakes the fenate with his patriot roar. But filent votes, and with court trappings hung. Eyes his own glitt Ving ftar, and holds his tongue. In craft political a bankrupt made. He flicks to gaming, as the furcr trade; Turns [ i69 ] Turns downright ftiarper, lives by facking blood. And grows, in fhort, the very thing he wou'd : Hunts out young heirs, who have their fortunes fpent. And lends them ready calh at cent per cent. Lays wagers on his own, and others fives. Fights uncles, fathers, grandmothers and wives. Till death at length, indignant to be made The daily fubjed of his fpprt and trade. Veils with his fable hand the wretch's eyes. And, groaning for the betts he lofes by't, he dies. ^iS^m>c t A N ESSAY on VIRTUE- To the Honourable Philip Yorke, Efq- [By the Same.] Jtque if fa utilitas jujii prope mater it aqui. HoR. THOU, whom nor honours, wealth, nor youth can fpoil With the Icaft vice of each luxuriant foil. Say, YoRKE, (for fure, if any, thou canft tell) What Virtue is, who praftifc it fo well ; Say, where inhabits this Sultana queen ; Prais'd and ador'd by all, but rarely feen : B^'what fure marks her elTencc can we trace, W^hen each religion, fadion, age, and place Set C 170 J fed ap (bme fanqr^d Idol of its own, A vain pretender to her iacred throne f la man, too oft a well-diflesibled part, A felf-denying pride in woman's heart. In fynods faith, and in the fields of fame Yalbur ufurps her honours, and her name. Whoe^er their fenfe of virtiw won'd exprefs, Tis^ (Hll by fomething they themfelves poiTefs. Hence youth gpod4inmpar, frugal craft old-age. Warm politicians term it party-rage. True churchmen zeal right orthodox ; and hence Bools thinks it gravity, and wits pretence i To cooftancy alone fond lovers join it, And maids unaOcM to chaftity confine it. But have we then no law beiides our will I IKo jufl criterion fix^ to good and ill ^ As well at noon we may obftruft our fight. Then doubt if fuch a thing exiils as light ; For no lefs plain wouM nature'^ law appear. As the meridian fun unchanged, and clear, Wott'd we but fearch for what we were defign'd,. And for that end tb* Almighty form'd mankind, A rule of life we then ihould plainly fee,, For to purfue that end muft Virtue be. Then what is that ? not want of pow'r, or fame. Or worlds unnumbered to applaud his name, But a defire his blefiings to diifufe, Aud fear led miilioos (hou'd exiilence lofe; His t '71 3 His goodnefs only could his pow'r employ^ And an eternal warmth to propagate his joy. ^ence ibul, and fenfe diffusM thro' ev'xy place Make happun^s as infinite as fpace ; Thoufands ofiojM beyond each other blaze> Orbs roll o'er orbs, and glow with mutnal rays ; Each is a world» where form'd with wond*rous art Unnnmber'd fpecies live thro' every part : Ia ev'ry trad of ocean, earth, and Hues Myriads of creatures ftill facceiSve rife ; Scarce buds a leaf, or fprings the vUeft weed. But little flocks upon its verdure feed ; No fruit our palate courts, or flow'r our fmell. But on its fragrant bofom nations dwell. All formM with proper faculties to fhare The daily bounties of their Maker's care $ The great Creator from his heav'nly throne, Pleas'd, on the wide-expanded joy looks down* And his eternal law is only this. That all contribute to the general blifs. Nature (o plain this primal law difplays. Each Jiving creature fees it, and obeys ; Each, form'd for all, promotes thro' private oare The publick good, and joftly taftes its (hare. All nnderftand their great Creator's will. Strive to be happy, and in that fulfill ; Mankind excepted ; lord of all befide. Bat only flave to folly, vice, and pride i •Ti« r »7* ] *Tts he that* 8 deaf to this command alone, ' i Delights in others woe, and courts his own ; Racks and deftroys with tortVing ileel and flame. For laxVy brutes, and man himfdf for fame : Sets Superllition high on Virtue's throne. Then thinks his Maker's temper like his own ; Hence are his altars flain'd with reeking gore. As if he could attone for crimes by more : » Hence whillt offended heaven he ibives in vain T* appeafe by fafts, and voluntary pain, ' £v*n in repenting he provokes again. How eafy is our yoke ! how light our load f ' Did we not flrive to mend the laws of God : For his own fake no duty he can aik, The common welfare is our only tafk ; Fori this fole end his precep(;s, kind as juft, . Forbid intempVance, murder, theft, andluft, "With ev'ry a£l injurious to our own Or others good, for fuch are crimes alone : For this are peace, love, charity, enjoin*d. With all that can fecure and blefs mankind. . Thus in the publick fafety Virtue « caufe. And happinefs the end of all her laws ; For fuch by nature is the human frame. Our duty and our int-reft are the fame. But hold, crys out fome Puritan divine, Whofe well-flufF'd cheeks with cafe and plenty fliine, Is i ^73 1' - Is this to faft, to maitify^ refraiff. And work falvation out with fear and pain f We own, the rigid leflbns of their fchools Are widely difPrent from thefe eafy rules ; Virtue, with them, is only to abflain From all that nature afks, and covet pain; Pleafure and vice are ever near akin, Andy if we thirfl» cold water is a fin : Heav*n^s path is rough and intricate, they fay. Yet all are damned that trip, or mifs their way ; God is a being cruel and fevfixef And man a wretch, by his command plac'd }icrc^ In fun-ihine for a while to take a turn. Only to dry and make him fit to burn. Miilaken men, too piouily fevere ! Thro' craft mifleading, or mifled by fear ; How little they God's counfels comprehend. Oar univerfal parent, guardian, friend ! Who, forming by degrees to blifs mankind. This globe our fportive nurfery aflign'd. Where for a while his fond paternal care Feafts us with ev''ry joy our ftate can bear : Each fenfe, touch, tafte, and fmell difpenfe delight, Mufick our hearing, beauty charms our light; Trees, herbs, and fiow'rs to us their fpoils refign, Its pearl the rock prefents, its gold the mine ; Beafis, fowl, and fifh their daily tribute give , Of food and cloaths, and die that we may live : 3 Scafon» n [174] Seafons bat change, new pleafurtis to proi^t. And elements contend to ferve our nfe : Lovers gentle (hafts, amb^^tion^s towering wings. The pomps of fenates, churches, courts, and kings^ All that our rev'rence, joy, or hope create; Are the gay play-things of this infant date. Scarcely an ill to human life belongs. But what our follies caufe, or mutual wrongs ; Or if fome'ltripes from providence we feel, ' He ilrikes with pity, and but wounds to heal ; Kindly perhaps fometimes aiHi£ts us here. To guide our views to a fublimer fphere. In more exalted joys to fix our tafte. And wean us from delights that cannot laft. Our prefent good the eafy ta(k is made, To earn fuperior blifs, when this ihall fade ; For, foon as e'er thefe mortal pleafures cloy, His hand ihall lead us to fublimer joy ; Snatch us from all our little forrows here. Calm every grief, and dry each childifh tear ; Waft us to regions of eternal peace, Where blifs and virtue grow with like increafc ; From fhrength to ftrength our fouls for ever guide. Thro' wondVous fcenes of being yet untry'd. Where in each ftage we ihall more perfedt grow. And new perfections, new delights bellow. Oh ! would mankind but make thefe truths their guide, Ai)d forc9 the helm from preji^iice and pride. Were [ ^75 1 Were once thefe maxims fix'd, that God's our ffcnd^ • Virtue our good, and happincis cor end. How foon muft reafon o^er the world prevail. And error, fraud, and fuperfUtion £ul ! None wou'd hereafter then with groundlefs feac Defcribe.th' Almighty cruel and fevere, Predeilinating fome without pretence To heav'n, and fome to hell for no offence 3 Infliding endlefs pains for tranfient crimes. And fav ring feds or nations, men or times. To pleafe him, none would fooliihly forbear Or food, or reft, or itch in fhiits of hair. Or deem it merit to believe, or teach What reafon contradifts, or cannot reach ; None wou^d fierce zeal iat piety miftake. Or malice for whatever tenet^s fake. Or think falvation to one fe£l confined. And heav*n too narrow to contain mankind. No more then nymphs, by long neglect grown nice, Wou'd in one female frailty fum up vice, And cenfure thofe, who, nearer to the right. Think Virtue is but to difpenfe delight. No fervile tenets wou'd admittance find, Deftru£live of the rights of human-kind 1 Of power divine^ hereditary right. And non-reiiftance to a tyrant^s might : For fure that all ftiou'd thus for one be curs'd, I« but ^reat nature's edid juft reversed* ' No A [ 176] No moralifts then righteous to excefs, WouM (how fair Virtue in fo black a drefs. That they, like boys, who fome feign'd fpright array, Firft from the fpeftre fly themfelves away : No preachers in the terrible delight, • Bat chufe to win by reafon, not affright ; Not conjurers like, in fire and brimftone dwell. And draw each moving argument from hell. No more our fage interpreters of laws, Woo'd fatten on obfcurities, and flaws;" ' But rather nobly careful of their truft. Strive to wipe off the long-contraAed duft. And be, likeHARDWiCKE, guardians of thejuft. No more applaufe wou'd on ambition wait. And laying wafte the world be counted great. But one good-natur'd 2l£t more praifes gain, Than armies overthrown, and thoufands flain ; No more wou'd brutal rage difturb our peace. But envy, hatred, war, and difcord ceafe ; Our own and others good each hour employ. And all things fmile with univerfal joy ; Virtue with Happinefs her confort join'd, Wou'd regulate and blefs each human mind. And man be what his Maker firil deiign d. \ The i ^77 ] * > •^#^^I^IN^^NNNI#®^»^N^#^ I ( ■ i> I The F E M A L E-D RUM: Or, 7be Origin of Cards. ATale. * AddrefsM to the Honourable Mils Carpenter. THOU, whom to counfel is to praife. With candour view diefe friendly lays. Nor, from the vice of gaming free. Believe the fatire points at thee ; Who truth and worth betimes can'ft prize. Nor yet too fprightly to be wife. But hear this tale of ancient time. Nor think it vain, tho' told in rhyme. Elate with wide extended powV, Sworn rivals from the natal hour, Av'rice and Sloth, with hofHle art Contended long for woman's heart ; She fond of wealth, afraid of toil. Still (hifted the capricious fmile ; By turns, to each the heart was fold. Now bought with eafe, and now with gold ; Scarce either grafp the fov^reign fway. When chance rcvers'd the profp'rous day. Vol. in. M The r 178 ] The doubtful ftrife was ftill renew'd. Each baffled oft, but ne'er fubdu'd ; When Av*RiCE fhew'd the gKtt'ring prized. And hopes and fears began to rife^ Sloth IJied on ev'ry bufy fenfe The gentle balm of indolence. When Sloth had fcreen'd, with artful night, The foft pavilion of delight j Stern Av'rice, with reproachful frown. Would fcatter thorns amongft her down. Thus each by turns the realm controuPd, Which each in turn defpair'd to hold ; At length unable to contend. They join to chufe a common friend. To clofe in love the long debate. Such love, as mutual fears create ; A friend they chofe, a friend to both. Of Av'rice born, and nurs'd by Sloth ; An artful nymph, whofe reign began When wifdom ccas'd to dwell with man ; In wifdom's aweful robes array'd. She rules o'er politicks and trade ; And by the name of Cunning known. Makes wealth, and fame, and pow'r her own. In queft of Cunning then they rove O'er all the windings of the jgrove. Where twining boughs their fhade unite. For Cunning ever flies the light j . At ' t ^19 ] At length thro' maze perplex'd with maze. Through ti;afts confus'd, and private ways. With finking hearts and weary feet. They gain their favorite's dark retreat ; There, watchful at jthe gate, they find Suspicion, with her eyes behind j And wild Alarm, awaking, blows The trump that (hakds the world's repofe. The guefts well known, falute the guard. The hundred gates are foon unbarr'd ; Through half the gloomy cave they prcfs, * And reach the wily queen's reccfs ; The wily queen difturb'd, they view. With fchemes to fly, Uiough none purfue^ And, in perpetual care to hide. What none will ever feek, employ^. '< Great queen (they pray'd) onr feuds compofe, " And let us never more be foes. *• This hour ({he cries) your difcord ends, i " Henceforth, be Sloth and Av'rice friends j ** Henceforth with equal pride, prepare •' To rule at once the captive-fair." « Th' attentive pow'rs, in filence heard. Nor utter'd what they hop'd or fear'd, , But fearch in vain the dark decree, For Cunning loves obfcurity ; Nor wou'd (he foon her laws explain, Eor Cunning ever joys to pain. • M z She f '8^ } She then before their Wondering eye*. Bids piles of painted paper rife $ ' ** Search now thefe heaps, ((he crys) here find *• Fh emblem of your pow'r combined.** The heap to Ay'ricIs firft Ihe gave, * Who foon defcry'd her darling knave : And Sloth, ere Envy long cou'd fting. With joyful eyes beheld a king. '^ Thefe gifts (fald Cunning) bear away, ** Sure engines of defpotick: fway ; *' Thefe charms difpenfe o'er all the ball, ** Secure to rule where^e^er they fall. *• The love of cards, let Sloth infoTe, ** The love of money foon enfues ; The ftrong defire ihall ne'er decay. Who plays to win, fliall win to play ; " The breafl, where love had planned his reigii^ •* Shall bitrn, unqoenchM with luft of gain ; ** And all the charms that wit can boafl, •* In dreams of better luck be loft.'* Thus neither innocent, nbr gay. The ufdefs hours (hall il^taway. While Time overlooks the trivial fbife. And, fcoffing, (hakes the fands of life ; *Till the wan maid, whofe early bloom The vigils of quadrille confume ; Exhaufled, by the pangs of play. To Sloth and Ay'rice' falls a prey. 5 T# t '8' 1 A '» ###^##§^1^^^^^^^^ To Mr. FOXy written at Florence. In Imitation of Horace^ Ode IV. Book 2. [^ /;&tf late Lord H Y.g Seftimi^ Gades adiiurt mecum. THOU deareft youth, who taught me firft to know What pleafures from a real friendfhip flow. When neither int'reft nor defign have part. Bat all the warmth is native of the heart. Thou know'ft to comfort, footh, or entertain, Joy of my health, and cordial of my pain. When life feem -d failing on her lateil flage. And fell difeafe anticipated age. When wafting ficknefs and affli£Hve paiR, By Efcnlapius* fons opposM in vain ; ForcM me rduflant, defperate, to explorp A warmer fun, and feek a milder ihore ; « Thy fteady love with unexampled truth, Forfook each gay companion of thy yputb* Whate'er the profpVous or the great employs, Bos'nefs and int'reft, and loye> fofter joys. The weary fteps of mis'ry to attend. To t^^^ difirefs, and make a wretch thy frieud. , ' M 3 !f A [l83 ] If o'er the mountain's frtowy lieight we ftray. Where Carthage firft explored the vent'rous way; Or thro' the tainted air of Rome's parch'd plains. Where want refides, and fuperftition reigns; Cheaxful and unrepining, dill you be^ Each dangerous rigour of the various year ; And kindly anxious for thy friend alone. Lament his fufF'rings and forget thy own. Oh ! would kind heav'n, thefe tedious fuiTrings paft. Permit me Ickworth, reft, and health at laft, In that lov'd (hade, my youth's delightful feat. My early pleafure, and my late retreat. Where lavifh Nature's fav'rite bleilings flow, And all the feafons all their fweets t)Cftow; There might I trifle carelefly aw^y The mildet evening of life's clouded day. From bus'nefs and the world's intrufion free. With books, with love, with beauty, and with thee i No farther want, no wilh yet unpoflefs'd Cou'd e'er difturb this unambitious breaft. Let thofe who Fortune's fhining gif^ implore, . ' Who fue for glory, fplendor, wealth, or pow'r. View this unadlive Hate, with fcornful eyes. And pleafures they c^n never tafle, defpife ; Let them ilill coi;rt that goddefs* falfer joys. Who, while (he grants their pray'r, their peaqe deflroys. I envy not the fgremoft of the great, flot Walpole's felf direfting Europe's fatp; StiU [ i»3 ] Still let him load ambition's thorny (hrlne. Fame be his portion, and contentment mine. But if the gods, finifter (Ull, deny To live in Ickworth, let me there but die ; Thy hand to clofe my eyes in death's long nighty Thy image to attraft their lateft fight : Then to the grave attend thy poet's hearfe. And love his mem'ry as you lov'd his verfe. To the Same. From Hampton-Court, 173 1. [By the Same,] / Bono loco res bumamt funt^ quod nemo y nifi *vitio/u6f niifer efi. Seneca in epift» ' WH I L S T in the fortunes of the gay and great. The glare of courts^ and luxury of ftatc : All that the meaner covet and deplore. The pomp of wealth, and infolence of pow'r : Whilft in thefe various fcenes of gilded life. Of fraud, ambition, policy, and ftrife ; Where every word is diflated by art. And ev'ry face the maik of cv'ry heart i M 4 Whilft [ i84 ] ' T Whilft with fuch difFVent objedls entertain'd. In all that's really felt, and all that's feign^d^ I (pecolatc on huiflan joys and woes, Till from my pen the verfe fpbntaneons flows ; To whom thefe artlefs ofF'rings Should I bring. To whomthtfe undigefled numbers fingj But to a friend ? — and to what friend but you. Safe, jafty iincere, indulgent,' kind aiid true ? Difdain not then thefe trifles to attend. Nor fear to blame, nor fludy to commend. Say, where faclfc notions erring T purfue. And with the plaufible confound the true ; Correct with all the freedom that I write ; And guide my darkened reafon with thy light Thee partial heav'n has blefs'd, profufely kind. With wit, with judgment, and a tafte rcfin'd. Thy fancy rich, and thy obfervance true. The laft ftill wakeful, and the firft' rtill new. Rare bleffings ! and to few diWded known. But giv'n united to thyfelf alone. Inftruftidn ar^ thy words, and lively truth. The fchool of age, and the delight of youth. Wheti ttitn their Various difcontcnts relate, .And tell how wretched this our mortal date ^ That life is but diverlilfyM diftrefs. The lot of all, and hardly more or lefs ; That kings and villagers have each their ihare, Tbeff3kpinch'd with mean, and thofe with fplendid care; That [ 1^5 J. That feemiiig pleafure is intrinfick woe, ^nd all caird happinefs, delufiveftiowj Food only for thp fnakes in Envy's breall^ Who often grudges what is ne*er pofTefs'd s Say, for thou know'ft the follies of mankind. Can 'ft tell how obftinate, perverfc, and blind; Say, are we thus opprefs'd by Nature's laws, Or of our miferies, ourfelves the caufe ? Sure oft, unjuftly, we impute to fate A thoufand evils which ourfelves create, j Complain that life affords but little joy,, And yet that little fooliflily deftroy. We check the pleafures that top foon fubiide. And break the current of too weak a tide* Like Atalanta, golden trifles chace^ And baulk that fwiftnefs w^ich ipightwln the race; For life has joys adapted to each fiagp,. Love for bur youths ambition for Ottr.age» But wilful man inverting hef decrees. When young would govern, and when old would pleafe. Covets the fruits his aut^wn fliQu'jd beftow. Nor taftes the fragrance whilft the bloflfoms blow. Then far-fled joys in vain he would reftore. His appetite unanfwer'd by his pow'r : Roland beauty's neck he twifts hia. wither'd arms, Receiv'd with loathing to her venal charms : He rakes the afhes, when the fire, is fpeat,. Nojp gains fruition^ tho' he gains confent. But i [ i86 ] Bot can we fay 'tis Providence's fault. If thus untimely all her gifts are fought. If fcmnner-crops which muft decay we keep. And in the winter would the harvell reap ^ When brutes, with what they arc allowed content^ Liften to Nature, and purfue her bent. And flill their pow'r with their ambition weigh'd^ Gain what they can, but never force a trade : A thoufand joys, her happy followers prove. Health, plenty, reft, fociety, and love. To us alone, in fatal ign'rance proud. To deviate from her diftates 'tis allow'd : That boaftcd gift our reafon to believe. Or let caprice, in reafQn's garb, deceive. To us the noble privilege is given Of wife refining on the will of heav'n. Our fkiU we truH, but lab'ring ftill to gain More than we can, lofc what we might obtain. Will the wife elephant dcfert the wood. To i^iitate the whale and range the Hood ? Or will the mole her native earth foifake. In wanton madnefs to explore the lake } Yet man, whom flill ideal profit fways. Than thofe lefs prudent, and more blind than thefe. Will quit his home, and vent'rous brave the feas. And when his raihnefs its defert has found. The fool furviving, weeps the fool that's drown'd. Herds I [ i87 ] Herds range the fields, the feathered kind the grove, <% Chufe, woo, carefs, and with promifcuous love, v ' As tafte and nature prompt, adhere, or rove ; 3 They meet with pleafure, and with eafe they part, Fof beafts are only coupled by the heart. The body ftill atcompanies the mind. And when this wanders, that is unconiin'd : The love that join'd the fated pair one fled,.. They change their haunts, their pafture, and their bed. No four-legg'd ideots drag, with mutual pain. The natVal cement pafs'd, an artful chain : Th' efFeft of paflion ceafes with the caufe, Clogg'd with no after- weight of forms or laws : To no dull rules of cuftom they fubmit. Like us they cool, but when they cool, they quit. Nor find we in the wood, the fea, or plain. One e'er defied o'er the reft to reign. If any rule, 'tis force that givps the law. What brutes are bpund in voluntary awe ? Do they like us a pageant idol raife, fiwoln with falfe pride, and flattcr'd by falfe praife ? Do they their equal, fometimes lefs, revere ? At once deteft and ferve, defpife and fear ? To ftrength inferior, do they bend the knee ? With ears and eyes of, others, hear and fee J^ Or ever veft a mortal god with pow'r To do thofe wrongs they afterwards deplore f Thefe Ttefe lofthtttions are of man alone, Mirriage and monarchy are both our own* Pttblick oppreiTion, and domeilick fbife. Are ills which we ovtrfelves annexed to lifei.^ , God never made a hufband, king, or wife. Boait then, oh man ? thy profitable gain. To folly poliih'd, civilized to pain. Here would t^iaunch into the various field Of all the cares our prejudices yield ; What multiply'd examples might be told. Of pains diey give, and joys that they withold ? When tprcredulity tradition preaches, A^d ign*rance pradifes what error teaches ! ' Wou'd any feathered maiden of the wood. Or fcaly female of the peopled flood j When luft and huiiger call'd, its force refifl ? In abllinence, or chaility perfifl ? And cry, * If Jieav*n's intent was underftood, * Thcfc taftes were only giv'n to be withflood* Or wou'd they wifely both thefe gifts improve. And cat when hungry, and when amVous love ? Yet fupcrftition in religion *s name. With future puniihment and prefeiit'ihame, Gan fright weak woman from her lover*s arm^. Who weeps with mutual pain her ufelefs charms ; Whilft ihe, poor wretch I confum'd in fecret ^res. With pow'r to feize, foregoes wh^fflie defires. TiH [ 1^9 ) Till beaaty fades and incliaatlon ^l^s. And the fair tree, the fruit ungather'd, 4ie9* Bat are thefe ills, the ills whicljL ko^y'n d^figa'd? Are we unfortunate, o^ are we bU^4 ^ If in pofieffion of our wiHies Qurs'd, Bath'd in untaxed fprings we d^e vf\th, tl^irft ; If we make miferiqs, what were bleijliigs Q^eant^ And bene^ts convert tq puniihment ? When in the fpring the yifik iQda%ioi|s b^i . Collect the various bloon(i from fragrant (rci^j Extraft the liquid fvyeet of ev'iy fiowV, And cull the garden to enrich th^ i^ore ; ^oold any pedant bee of all the kive^ From this or that perfume, the plund'rersr driy<« And fay, that he by infpiration knowa^ The facred, tempting, interdidlng rofe. By he«v'n*8 command, tho' fweetefl, ufi^kfi g€9ws. : Think you the fool would ever be obey'4»L And that the lye would grow into a tra4^«? Ev'n Turks would anfwer, no — ^ap4 y^^ w,c. fc». The vine, thatrofe, and Mahomet, th^vt.hee. - To thefe, how many proofs I yet could ^4% That man^s fuperior fenfe is being mad ? That none, refining, their true int'rell view. But for the fubftance, flill the (hade purfue, ^ That oft perverfe, and prodigal of life, ^Oar pow^r and will at everlafting ftrife) " ' Wt '^ [ rpo ] We wafle the prefent for the future hour. And mifer-like, by hoarding, fliU are poor'. Or fbolifhly regretful of the paft. The good which yet remains negleA to tafle. Nor need I any foreign proof to bring, Myfelf an inftance of the truths I fing. Whilll in a court, repugnant to my tafte. From my lov'd friend thefe precious hours I waf!c. Why do 1 vainly here thy abfence mourn. And not anticipate thy wi(h'd return ? Why flay my pa£kge to tho/e happy fields. Where fate in thee my ev'ry pleafure yields ? Fortune allows the blefiings I refufe. And ev'n this moment, were my heart to chufe. For thee I fhould forfake this joylefs croud, AVid not on paper chink, but think aloud : With thy lov'd converfe fill the fhorten'd day. And glad my foul — Yet 'here unpleas'd I flay. And by mean, fanguine views of int'reft fway'd^ By airy hopes, to real cares betray'd ; Lament a grievance which I might redrefs. And wifh that happinefs I might pofTefs. ■ • The r^ [ 191 1 The P O E T's PRAYER. IF e'er in thy fight I found favour, Apollo, Defend me from all the difafters which follow : From the knaves and the fools, and the fops of the time. From the drudges in profe, and the trifiers in rhyme : From the patch- work and toils of the royal fack«bibber, Thofe dead birth-day odes, and the farces of Cibbbk. : From fervile attendance on men in high places. Their worlhips, and honours, and lordfliips, and graces : From long dedications to patrons unworthy. Who hear and receive, but will do nothing for thee : From being carefs'd to be left in the lurch. The tool of a party, in ilate or in church : From dull thinking blockheads, as fober as Turks, And petulant bards who repeat their own works : From all the gay things of a drawing-room (how. The fight of a Belle and the fmell of a Beau : From bufy back-biters, and tatlers and carpers, A ad fcurvy acquaintance of fidlers and iharpers : From old politicians, and cofFee-houfe ledures. The dreams of a chymift, and fchemes of projedors : •From the fears of a jail, and the hopes of a penfion. The tricks of a gameHer, and oaths of an enfign : From I [ 192 ] From fliallow free-thinkers in taverns difputing. Nor ever confuted, nor ever confuting : From the condant good fare of another man's board. My lady's broad hints, and the jefts of my lord : From hearing old chymiils prelefting de oUo, . And reading of Dutch commentators in folio : From waiting, iikfc Gay, whole years at White-hall : From the pride cJf gay wits, and the envy of fmall : From very fine ladies with very fine incomes. Which they finely lay out on fine toys and fine trincoms : From the pranks of ridottoes and court-mafquerades, Thfe fnares o( young jilts, and the fpite of old maids : From a fancy dull ftage, and fubmitting to fharc In in empty third night with a beggarly play'r : From Curl and fuch Printers as wouM ha' me curs*d To write fecond parts, fet who will write the firfl : From all pious patriots, who would to their hcfk. Put on a new tax, and take off an old tefl : , From the faith of informers, the fangs of the law. And the great rogues, who keep all the lefiTer in awe t From a poor country cm-e, thatliying interment, With a wife and no profpeft of any preferment : From fcribbling for hire, when my credit is funk. To buy no new coat, and to line an old trunk : From 'fquires, who divert us with jokes at their tables Of hounds in their kennels, and nags in their flables : From the nobles aftd commons,who bound in ftrid leagae ^ Tofubfcribe for no book, yet fubfcribe to Heidegger ; From [ m ] P'jrom the cant of fansticks, the jargon of fchoob. The cenfnresof wifemeny and praifes of fools : From criticks who never read Latm or Greek. And pedants, who boafl they read both all the week : From borrowing wit> to repay it like Budgbl^ Or lending, like Pope, to be paid by a cndgel: If ever thou didft, or wilt ever befriend me. From thefe, and fuch evils, Apollo, defend me» And let me be rather but honeft with no*wit, Than a noily nonfenfical half-witted poet. <^P^<2«^ and not complain: Too delicate to injure what liove. To aflc the pity fame will ne'er approve. What B^oxp tem^ns, then, but to drop, my cis^tn. And by my condu£l juftify my flame ? " Burft the deai^ bands that to my heart-ilTii^ joi% And (acrifce my peace to purchafe tfai^e ? As the fond npiot^er, who delirious eyes Her dying babe^ will fcajcce believe J^ die;^ : But ftrains it ftill with tranfppit ip her arios^ Dwdls on its lip^ and numbei^s.o^er its channs « Pleads that it flgmbers, and exp^bn, in vain^ To fee the litde cii^ttb liv^ again : So my tqiti he^ muft all thefprrpwsprovcr That torture coqftancy,. or fa^den Iovq : Yet fondly follow your dear imag|e iHll» Fancy I hear you ^eak, I fe^ you finite ; Doat on a phai^pm, idolis^e t^e name. And wiih the ihade and fubftance were thefaAie, N 2 Alas ! A 1 196 ] Alas ! haw finidefs is the idle prayV ! The joy's imaginM, real the defpair. Like Adam fbrcM his Eden to forego, ^ I lofe my only paradife below, ( And dread the prpfped of facceeding woe. 3 Genius, Virtue, and Reputation, A FABLE. FromMonf.vDjB la Motte, Book V. Fable 6. AS Genius, Virtue, Reputation, Three worthy fiiends, o'er all the nadoQ Agreed to roam i then pafs the feas. And vifit Italy and Greece : By travd to improve their parts. And learn the languages and arts } Not like oar modem fops and beans, T* improve the pattern of their doaths : ,Thas Gehius faid; — ** Companions dear» '* To' what I {ftsk, incline an ear. ** Some chance, perhaps, may us divide ; ** Let OS againft the worft provide, ^' And give fome fign, by which to find ^^ A friend thus loft, ^r left behind, 9i For €€ c m ) ^' Forme, if crael fate fhould ever •* Me and my ; «* A thing, who long hid iey*d the'&iry " His neck ftiff-yokM in rdlitaire, *' With dean Vhite-^gloVcs, ^ft made apprbach, *' Then begg'd to lead heif to her coach : << She fmil'd, and gave 'her liBy hadd ; ** Away they trip it to flie^ahd : ** A hackney-coach^reteiv^d the pail", « They went to biit, T'wonVtell where; f Then loft fhe Reputation qtiite. ' 4 Friends take exaAple fi'om that night, ^« And never leave me-frthtoydilr fight. *« For oh! if cruel fate ihtends ** Ever to pirt me ffdmmy fHi^nds, ** Think that I'm deaH ; my^death deplore. Bat never hope t6 feV ttte more ! In vain yoa*ll fearchtiie world around; Loft Reptttati6n*s liever to be fovaei. MAR- 1*99 H MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE: O R The Two Sparrows. Jl iPdik. From Monf. tD£ xaMottb, Biwk IV. Fable 21: A Grove tlterc was, by nitufc made. Of trees' that fbrih*d a pleaiing fhade ; Where watWed, 'ewr firee from care. The wing'd ftftriicians of the jur. Here tun'd the Nightingale her throat ; The TWafli there thriUM her piercing note 5 The Findh, L^rfc, Linnet, all agrae To join rile fylvan hafmoliy. Two amorous Sparrows chofe this place ; The fofteft of thefeathcr'drace : The MaIrts anii'VENUs of the grove; Lefs fain'd forfingiiig, 'than for loVe. Thefongfters^waVblcdfAVeet; while they] As fweetly bill'd their tittle away. So clofely feated were the two, Together'you wou'd think they grew : The twig was tender where they fjtte. And bent beneath their little weiglit ; N 4 But But fcarcely in their lives was known To bear the one, when one was flown. When hunger callM, they left the wood. Together fought the field for food ; When thirfty, in the ihaUow rills Together dip'd their litde bills. When Pkoibus fitting in the weft. And thickening (hades invite to refl. They homeward bent their mutual flight : Thus pafs*d their day, thus pafs'd their night. The caftle, where thefe lovers lay. Was in a hollow oak, they fay : There, fide by fide, all night they kept, r Together wak*d, together flept : And mixing amorous difport. They made their winter-evening fliort. •rtio' free, 'twas left to cither's mind. To chufe a mate from all their kind. She only lov'd the loving he ; He only lov'd the lovely flie. Pure Joy, poor mortals feldom find ; Her footman. Sorrow, waits behind : And Fate impartial deals to all The honey'd potion mix'd with galL This pair, on an unhappy day. Too far together chanc'd to ftray : Benighted, and with fnares befet. Our Mars and Venus in a net, Al|s [ 201 1 Alas 1 were caught.— O change of fiate t A litde cage is now their fate. No more they feek the fpacioas grove : No more they bom with mutual love : Their paffion changes with their life ; And foon they fall ^m love to ftrife. Their litde fouls with growing rage High fwell ; they flutter round the cage : Forget the (lender twig, where late Qofe fide by fide in love they fate ; One perch is now too fmali to hold The fiery mate and chirping fcpld : They peck each other o'er their food ; And thirft to drink each other's blood. Two cages muil the pair divide ; Or death the quarrel will decide. A pidnre this of human life ! The modem hufband, andthe wife* Who e*er in courtfhipfaw a pair. So kind as he> as ihe fo fair ? The kiifes that they gave each other. You'd think had feal'd their lips together. Each vows to each a mutual flame ; And dreams, 'twill always laft the fame ; But fix them once in Hymen's chains. And each alternately complains. The honey-moon is fcarce declin'd. But all the honey of their mind Is gone; and leaves the fling behind. 1 Wh* The dctic of 1 eternal foare^ Of intelledual l^bt. O fend her fare, her fieady ray^ To regalate my daobtfol lyay. Thro' life'4 perplexing i;oad : The mifts of eiror to controal. And thro' its glpom dircft toy foul To happinefs and good« fieneadi [207 ] Beneath hor ckar dikcndngcy^ The vifionazy fhadows fly Of Folly's painted ftow : She fees thro' ev'ry fair difguife. That all but Virtue's folid joy$ Are vanity^d woe* To a G E N T L E M A N, On his intending to cut down a G r o v £ to enlarge his Profped. IBy the Same J] IN plaintive fpunds, that tun'd to woe The fadly fighing breeze, A weeping Hamadryad mourn'd. Her fate-devoted trees. Ah ! ftop thy facrilegious hand. Nor violate the fhade. Where nature form'd a filent haunt For contemplation's aid. Can'ft thou, the fon of fcience, bred Where learned Ms flows. Forget that, nm'd in flielt'ring groves. The Grecian genius jofe? Within [ 2di ] Within the plantane*s fpreading fliade, Immorul Plato taught; And fair Lyceum formed the depdi Of Aristotle's thoughts ^ To Latian groves reflfd thy view% And blefs the Tufcan bloom ; Where Eloquence deplored the fate Of Liberty and Rome. Aetir'd beneath the beechen ihadfr^ From each infpiring bongh The Mufes wove th' unfading wreaths That circled ViRcit's brow. Refled before the fatal ax My threatenM doom has wrought; No facrifice to fenfnal tafEe The nobler growth of thought. Not all the glowing fruits that blulh On India's funny coail. Can recompenfe thee for the worth Of one idea loft.. My (hade a produce may fupply. Unknown to folar fire ; And what excludes Apollo's rs^ys. Shall harmonize his lyre. HYMN [ 209 ] HYMN on SOLITUDE. By the, late Jambs Thomson* Efy\ Author 9/ tb$ S99Sora{ HAIL, ever-pleaiing Solitude ! Companion of the wife and good I Buty from whoie holy* piercing eye. The herd of fools^ and villains fly. Oh f how I love with ti^e to walk ! And liften to thy whifper'd talk ; Which impotence, and truth imparts. And melts the moft obdurate hearts. A thoufand fhapes you wear with eafe. And ftill in every fhape you pleafe ; Now wrapt in iome myflerious dream, A lone philofopher you feem ; Now quick from hill to vale you ?y. And now you fweep the vaulted fky. And nature triumphs in your eye : Then ftrait again you court the fhadd. And pining hang the penfive head, A fhepherd next you haunt the plain. And warble forth your oaten ftrain. A lover now with all the.'grace Of that fwe^ pailionin your face! Vql. hi. O Then, ] [ 2IO ] Then, foft-dlvidedy you aflame The gende-looking H— d's bloom, As» with her Philomel a, ihe, (HerKnLO«i£LA fond of thee) Amid the long withdrawing vale, - >A wakes the riral'd mghtiifi^e. A thonfand ihaj>es yoa wear with eafe. And fHU in every ihape you pleafe. Thine Is th' unbounded breath of morn, Jaft as the dew-bent rofe is bom ; And while meridian fervors beat. Thine is the woodland*s dumb retreat ; But chief* when evening fcenes decay. And the faint landflcip fwims away» Thine is the doubtful dear decline. And that beft hour of mufing thine. Defcending angels blefs thy train. The virtues of the fage, and fwaia ; Plain Innocence in white arr^yM, And Contemplation rpn the head ; Religion, with her aweful brow. And wrap'd UaANiA^wait^ on you. Oh J let me pierce, thy fecret cell 1 And in thy deep recefles dwell : For ^er with thy raptures fir'd. For ever finom the world retired ; Nor by a mortal feen, fave he A LrcxDAs, or Lycon be. Aa Aa O D E ' ON MQLUSh H A R P.f I, TfT^Therealrace^ inhabitants of air ! «zTv Who kyfm y9V^ Qod amid the fecretgrore i Ye iinfeen bdngs tQjfs^y harp rep^r. And raife jnaj^ck ftrains, o;: melt in love. II. Thofe tender notes, how kindly they upbraid ? With what foft woe they thrill the lover's heart ? Sure from the hand of fome unhappy maid Who dy'd of love^ thefe fweet complainings part, ni. But hark ! that drain was of a graver tone, Ofi the deep firings his hand fome hermit throws ; Or he the /acred Bard ! * who fat alone. In the drear wafte, and wept his people's woe's. O 2 IV. Such t JEolus's Harp is a mufical inftrument, which plays with the wind, invented by Mr. Ofwald } its properties arc fully de- fcribed in the Caftlc of Indolence* * Jeremiah. t 214 1 IV. Soch was the Song which Zion's children fung. When by Eaphrates' ftream dtey made thdr phdnt : And to fuch Tadly folemn notes are ftinng Angelick harps, to footh a dying faint. V. Methinks I hear the fiiU celeftial choir. Thro' heaven's high dome thdr awefiil anthem mSc i Now chanting clear, and nowAeyall confpire To fwell the \ofCy hymn, ^m praife to prufe. VI. Let Ine, ye wand'ring fpirits of the wind. Who aa wild Fancy prompts yoa touch the &nng, Smit with yonr theme, be in yoor choms jmn'd. For "till you ceafe, my Mufe (orffXa to Ang. C 213 ] Qn the Report of a WoodeH. Briogb t9 be built at Weftmiafter. \By thi Same.} BY RjQfus' hall^ where Thames pollated flows, , Provok'd, the Genius of the river rofe. And thus exdaim'd— «♦ Have I, ye Bntifh fwaUis, .** Havel, forages^ lav*d your fertile plains ? , ** Given herds, and flocks, and villages increafe» f* And fed a richer than the Golden Fleece ? f* Have r, ye merchants, with each fwelUng tide, 5' Ppur'd Africk^s treafure in, and Indians pride ? Lent you the fruit of ev*ry nation^s toil ? Made every climate yours, and every foil ? Yet pil|er'd from the poor, by gaming bafe^ " Yet muft a Wooden Bridge my waves difgrace ? ** Tell not to foreign ilreams theflvameful tale, " And be it publilh'd in no Gallick vale." He faid ;— -and plunging to his cryilal dome, ^hite o*er.bis head the circling waters foain. €i U O3 THE THE ESTIMATE of LIFE, In Three Parts. A POEM. [By John Gilbert Cooper, E/q;} rt T« Ay«fl» «<« «F«w AfAytLni) rt d-iotf mn% /jy- iroKH %i A'jrAyKfii^ J'to kcu Teiesi^^ad XP^ tf^ifh tJt«« ^vyeiv o]/7*x,/r* tpvyjii /«, oftoi«(r/f 0|tf Ijl{\a ffffi4^i0f yin^tu. i*Jat« Thcat, I* ■ li< 11 I ■ I ■ I I lit m.im 4n I P A R t- I. Meli^omene : or, The Mtknchdiy. -Reafin thus ivith Life ; Ifido lofe thee^ I do kfe a things ibdt fitne but fools mjtmld ^vtep. Shakefp. Meaf. for Meaf* OFFSPRING of folly and of noife, Fantaftick train of airy joys, Ceafe, ceafe your vain delufive lore. And tempt my ferious thoughts no mor^. Ye r 215 ] Ye honid hrms, ye gloomy thrpog, ' . Who hear the bird of inidnight*s fong ) ^ Thou too. Despair* pale fpe£ire» coae» From the felf-mordVer's haunted tomb. While fad Melpomene relates. How we're affiiAed by the fates. What's all. this wKh'd-for cmpiiey Life I A fcene of misVy, care, and jOvifes And make the mod, that's all yfc liare. Betwixt the cradle and. the giEftve. The being is not worth the eharg^» Behold the eftimate at large. Oar youth is filly, idle, rain; Our age is fall of care and pain ; From wealth accrues amdety ; Contempt and want from porerty ; What trouble buiinefs has in ft^fe ! How idlenefs fatigues os mpm f To reafon, di' ignorant are blind ; y The learned's eyes are too lefin'd j Each wit deems every wit his foe. Each f (Jan former joys aflfbrd relief? Thofe former joys remembered ftill. The more augment the recent ill. And where you feek for comfort^ gala Additiond inq-eaff lof pain. What woes from mortal ills accrue ! And what from natural enfue ! DifeaCe and cafoalty attend Our Ibotfteps to the joarney*s end ; The cold catarrh, the gout and fton^. The dfopfy, jaundice, join'd in one. The raving fever's inward heat. The pale confumption*s fatal fweat , And thoufand more diftempers roam. To drag us to th' eternal home. • And I 2t8 J And when folndOR fets Qt ff9$ From priTon of morMty, Tke ioul ^atcd Jains in aif, Togo, al^{ wcknowa^twlierey Aad the poor body will b^pttie A clod within a lonely toab. Refleftion fad t iuch bodies m^& Rctnrn, and mingle with the daftf Boc neither fenle «Hr beauty have Defeniive charms ag^inil the gfave,. Nor virtue's ihield, aor wifdom's lore» Nor trae religion's fa^ed pQw'r ^ For as that charad'a earth yoa fee, E^en,. my EuDodi a, you will be* PART n. Calliope: or, The Chearfiil. Inter cunSa leges et percunSlahere doSlos 0ua ratione queai traducere lenkfrafn>wn. ^ Hoa. Lib.LEp. 1^. % • GRIM Superftitian, hence aWay To native night, and leave the day. Nor let thy hellifh brood appear. Begot on Ignorance and Fear. Come, gentle Mirth, and Gaiety, Sweet daughter of Society ; Whilft f 219 3 Whilft fair Calliope ptirTucs Flights worthy of the chearlat Mofe. O Life, thou great eilential good. Where evVy bteiling's underftood ! Where Plenty, Freedom, Pleafure meet; To make each fleeting moment fweet. Where moral Love and Innocence, The baltn of fweet Content difpenfe. Where Peace expands her turtle wings. And Hope a conftant requiem fings. With eafy thought nty bread infpire. To thee I tune the fprightly lyre. From Heav*n this emanation flows. To Heaven again the wandVer goes ; And whilft employM beneath on earthy Its boon attendants, Eafe and Mirth, Join*d with the Social Virtues three. And their -calm parent Charity, Condudl it to the facred pl^ns. Where Happinefs terrcflrial reigns. ''Tis Difcontent alone deftroys The harveft of our ripening joys, JRcfolve to be exempt from woe. Your refolution keeps you fo. Whatever is needful man receives. Nay more fuperfluous Nature gives. Indulgent parent, fourceof blifs, Profufc of goodnefs.to exccfs I For [ 220 ] For thee 'tis^, man, the zephyr blows. For thee the purple vintage flows, Each flow'r its various hue difplays^ The lark exalts her vernal lays. To view yon azure vault is thine. And my Eudocia's form divine. Hark ! hpw the renovating Spring Invites the feathered choir to fing. Spontaneous mirth and rapture glow On ev'ry fhrub, and ev'ry bough. Their little airs a leiTon give. They teach us mortals how to live. And well advife us whilft we can. To fpend in joy the vital fpan. Ye gay and youthful all advance. Together knit in fefliye dance. See blooming Hebe leads the way. For youth is Nature's holiday. If dire Misfortune (hould employ Hscr dart to wound the timely joy. Solicit Bacchus with yovu: pray'r. No earthly goblin dares come near, Care puts an eaiier afped on. Pale Anger fmooths her threatening frown. Mirth comes in Melancholy's dead. And DIfcontent conceals her head. The thoughts on vagrant pinions fly. And mount exulting totheflcy, . ^ Th«Df? I 241 ] Thence with cnriptur'd view look down> Or golden empires all their oWn. Or let^ when Fancy fpreads her fails. Love waft you on with eafier giles. Where in the foul-bewitching groves^ EupHROsiMEy f9fttt ffMtIk, roVes; 'Tis r^ture ally 'tisextafy! An earthly immortality I This all the andent Bards employed, 'Twas all the ancient Gods enjoy'd. Who often from the realms above. Came down on earth t* indulge in love.^ Stilt there^s one greater blifs in ilore, ^Tis virtuous Friendfliip''s focial hour» When gQodnefs from the heart finceie> Pour's forth Compaflion's balmy tear. For firom thofe tears fuch tranfports flow. As none but friends, and angels know. Bleft flate ! where ev'ry thing confpires To fill the breail with heav'nly fires r Where for a while the foul mail roam. To pre-conceive the fiate to come. And when thro' life the joumey^s paft. Without repining or diilafle. Again the fpirit will repair. To breathe a more celeflial air. And reap, where blefled beings glow. Completion of the joys below. PART r 2«« ] PART ja Terpsichom: or. The Moderate. . . .. HoM. OA, a Hacfatis eft orare J »» [ 224 ] Hence man pa^taket an. ^aal Sxire: ' ! -> Of ple^ng thofi^bia and gldofif)! iC^i^; And pain ;0)4 plPftfttr^'e'trfh^U }^, r As * Plato fzys, i^'c^nlpsuiy.- -. , _ Receive the on^ and foon the other Will follow to rejoin his brother. ' ... . r Thofe who y^idi pious' j^in purfue _ • ^ < Calm Virtue by her facred dae, . Will furely find the mentfl treafim . . ., », „ Of Virtue., only real pleaiiire > .. . -^ . .,r» , Follow the pleaiurableroad^ ; That fatal Siren reckons good, n*willleadthee to the gloomy celU,. ^ Where Pain and Melancholy dwell. Health it the child of Abftinence, Difeafe^ of a luxurious fenfe $ Deipalr> that hellifh fiend, proceeds From loofenM thoughts, and impious deeds ^ And the fweet o^pring of Con^nt, ' Flows from the mlnd*s calm government. Thus, man, thy ftate is free from woe* If thou wonld'H chufe to make it fo. Murmur not then at Heav'n*s decree. The gods have giv'n thee liberty. And plac'd within thy confcioua breaft, Reafon, as an untoing teft. And fhould'ft thou iix on mifery. The fault is not in them> but thee. VERSES * See th« Phjedo of Plato. \^u it vtKo-iTU near we X oamet, at ^ vm-Kcnoanty compofcd of Marbles, Spars and Minerals. [By Mr. P O P E.] THOU who ftuJt Aop, whercThames' tranfliiceiit wave Shines a broad mirrour through the fhadowy cave. Where lingering drops from mineral roofs diltiU, And pointed crylUIs break the fparkling rill, UnpoIi(h'd gemms no ray on pride bellow, Aod latent metals innocently glow : Approach. Great Nature fludioufly behold ! And eye the mine without a wifh for gold. Approach : But awefnl I Lo th' Egeiian grott. Where, noWy-penijve, St. John fate and thought; Where Britifh figh* from dying Wvhdiiam ftole. And the bright flame was (hot thro' Marchuoht's foul. I-et fuch, fuch only, tread this facrcd floor. Who dare to love their conntry, and be poor. Vol. III. P fj. [ 226 ] I Ibe Pleasure of P O E T,R Y. An O D E. [By Mr. VansittaTk-t.] L HAppy tKe babe wbofe natal hoar The Mufe propitious deigns to grace> No frowns on his foft fore-head lowr. No cries diftort his tender face ; But o*er her child, forgetting all her pangs^ Initiate of her fmiles, the raptor'd parent hangs; II. Let ftatefinen on the fleeplefs bed The fate of realms and princes weigh. While in the agonizing head They form ideal fcenes of fway ; Notlong> alas! the fancied charms delight^ Bat melt, like fpc£bre-forms, in filept ihades of ni{^ HLYt [ 227 1 m. Ye heavy pedants, didl of lore. Nod o'er the taper's lind flame t Ye mifers, ftill increale yoiir ftore ; Still tremUe at the robber's name : Or ihadd'ring from the recent dream arife» While vifionary £re glows dreadful to your ejpts^ IV. Far other joys the Mnies ihow*r Benignant, on the.aching hreafi, ^Tis theirs in the lone, chearlefs hoor» To lull the laboring heart to reft : With brightening calms they glad the profptfi drear; And bi4 ^^^ groan fubfide, and dry up ev'iy tear* y. From earthly mifb, ye gentle Nine ! Whene'er you puige die vifual ray. Sudden the landfcapes fairer jlhine» And blander (biles the face of day 2 Ev'n Chloe's lips with brighter vermil glow. And on her youthfiil cheek the roTe-bods frelhcr Uow* VI. When Boreas founds his fierce alarmi> And all the gppeen- clad nymphs are fled. Oh ! then I lie in fancy's arms On fragrant May's delicious, bed : And thro'ithe fliade, flow*creeping from the dale. Fed oa my drow^ face the liUy-brcAhins gale^ P 2 vn,oc [ 228 1 'VII. / Or on the moantadn^s airy height Hear Winter call his howling train* Chas'd by the Spring and Dryads light. That now refome their blifsfiil reign : While fmiling Flora binds her Zephyr's brows. With ev'ry various flow*r that Nature's lap beftows. VIIL More potent than the Sybil's gold That led -ffineas' bold emprize. When you. Calliope, wafoid Your laurel branch, each phantom flies f Slow cares with heavy wings beat the dull air. And drcad,andpalerey'd grief, and pain and black dcfpair. IX. With yon Elyfium's happy bow Vs, The manfions of the glorious dead, I vjfit oft, and cull the flowVs That rife fpontaneous to your tread ; Such adlive virtue warms that pregnant earth. And heav'n with kindlier hand aflifts each genial birth. X. Here oft I wander thro' the gloom. While pendent fruit the leaves among. Gleams thro' the (hade with golden bloom. Where lurk along the feather'd throng, Whofe notes th' eternal fpring unceabng chear. Nor leave in mournful filence half the drooping year. XI. And t I f 229 ] XI. And oft I ?iew along the plain With flow and folemn fteps proceed Heroes and chiefs, an aweful train. And high exalt the laurell*d head : Sabmifs I honour ev^ry facred name. Deep in the column graved of adamantine fame. XII. . Bot ceafe, my Mufe, with tender wing Unfledged, ethereal flight to dare. Stem Cato's bold difcourfe to iing^ Or paint immortal firutus^ air ; May Britain Qc'cr the weight of flav'ry feel. Or bid a Brutus fliake for her his crimfon fteel ! XIII. Lo! yonder negligendy laid Fail by the ftream^s impurpled fide. Where through the tbick-entangled (hade. The radiant waves of nedar glide, ' Each facrpd poet (hikes his tuneful lyre. And wakes the raviih*d heart, and bids the foul afpire. XIV. No more is beared the plaintive flrain. Or pleafing melancholy^s fong, Tibullus here forgets his pain. And joins the love-exulting throng ; For Cupid flutters round with golden dart, Aad fiercely twangs his bow at cv^ry rebel heart. P 3 %Y. Thee C 23© ] XV. There firetcli*d at eafe Axiacreoa gayi And on Ids meldng Leibia's breaft^ With eye half-rais'd Catullns lay. And gaz*d himfelf to balmy reft : While Venus* felf thro* all the amVoiis groves With kiiTes fireih-diftiird fupply^d their conftant loves. XVf. Now Horace^ hand the ftring infplr'dy My foul, impatient as he fung^ The Mufe nnconqjierable firM, And heavenly accents feiz^dmy tongue ; Then locked in admiration fweet I bow*d, ^Confefs^d his potent art^ nor could forbear aloud. * XVII. Hail glorious bard ! whofe high command, A thoufand various firings obey. While joins and mixes to thy hand At once the bold and tender lay f Not mighty Homer down ParnaiTus* fteep. Rolls the fall tide of verfe fo clear, and yet fo deep, XVIII. O could I catch one ray divine From thy intolerable blaze I To pour ftrong luftrc on my line. And my afpiring fong to raife ; Then ihould the Mufe her choiceft influence ihed. And with eternal wreaths entwine my lofty head. XIX. Thea ; Milton^ XIX. Then would I fing tlie fons of Fame, Th' immortal chiefs of ancient age. Or tell of love's celeftial flame. Or dpc fair fricndftup's facred page. And leave the fallen thought and ftrnggling groan. To take their watchful ftands around the gaudy throne. The POWER of POETRY. I. WHEN tuneful Orpheus ftrove by moving firaini To footh the farioufr4uLte of rugged fwaina : The lift'ning multitude was pleas'd, Ev'n rapine drop'd her raviih'd prey. Till by the foft oppreffion feia'd. Each favage hear'd his rage away ; And now o'ercome, in kind confent they .move;, *And all is harmony, and all is love ! II. . Not fo, when Greece's chief by heav'n in^ir'd. With love of arms each glowing bofom fir'd : But now the trembling foldier fled Regardlefs of the glorious prize ; And his brave thirft of honour dead. He durft not meet with hoftile eyes ; , Whilft glitt'ring ftiiclds and fwords, war's bright array. Were cither worn in vain, or bafely thrown away. r ^3^ ] m. Soon as the hero by his martial (bains. Had kindled virtue in their frozen veins : Afreih, the war-like (pirit grows. Like flame, the brave contagion ran. See in each fparkling eye it glows. And catches on from man to man { Till rage in every breaft to fear fucceed ; And now they dare, and now they wifli to bleed ! IV. With different movements fraught, were Maro's lays, Taught flowing grief, and kind concern to raife : He fung Marcellus' mournful name I In beauty's, and in glory's bloom. Torn frOm himfelf, from friends, fronl fame. And rap'd into an early tomb ! He fung, and forrow ilole on all. And fighs began to heave, and tears began to fall f V. Bat Rome's high cmprefs felt the grcateft fmart, Touch'd both by nature, and the poet's art : For as he fung the mournful flrain. So well the hero's portraiture he drew. She faw him fickcn, fade again. And in defcription bleed anew. Then pierc'd, and yielding to the melting lay, ^e figh'd, fhe fainted, funk, and died away. VI. Thus [ 23J ] VI. Thus nombers once did human breafts controul I Ah f where dwells now fuch empire o'er the fool ? Tranfported by harmonious lays. The mind is melted down, or bums ; With joy o'er Windfor forcft ftrays. Or grieves when Eloifa mourns : Still the fame ardour kindles eyery line. And our own Pope is now, what Virgil was, dime* To a Young Lady, with Fontknelle\ Plurality of Worlds. IN this fmall work, all nature's wonders fee^ The foften'd features of philofophy. In truth by eafy fteps you hear advance. Truth as diverting, as the beft romance. Long had thefe arts to fages been confin'd. None faw their beauty, till by poring blind ; 67 ftudying fpent, like men that cram too full, From Wifdom's feail they rofe not chear'd, but dull : The gay and airy fmird to fee 'em grave. And fled fuch wifdom like Trophonius* cave, Juflly they thought they might thofe arts defpife. Which made men fullcn, ere they could be wife* Brought r 234] BroTxght down tQ fight, with cafe you view *em here; Tho' de6p the bottom, yet the ftream h clear. ^ Your ihitc'riiig fex, (Ull valued foence left ; Carelefs of any but the arts of drefe. Their ufelefs time was idly thrown away On empty novels, or fome new-born play ; The bed, perhaps, a few loofe hours might fpare For fome unmeaning thing, mifcall'd a prayV. In vain the glittering orbs, each ftarry night. With mingling blazes ihed a flood of light : Each nymph with cold indiiF'rence faw 'em rife ; And, taught by fops, to them preferred her eyes. None thought the ilars were funs fo widely fown. None dreamt of other worlds, befides our own. Well might they boaft their charms, when ev'ry fair Thought this world all ; and her*s the brighteft here. Ah ! quit not the large thoughts this book inipires. For thofe thin trifles which your fex admires ; Affert your claim to fenfe, and fhew mankind. That reafon is not to themfelves confin'd. ^ The haughty belle, whofe beauty's aweful ihrinc, •Twere facrilege t' imagine not divine, Who thought fo greatly of her eye$ before. Bid her read this, and then be vain no more. How poor ev*n you, who reign without controul. If we except the beauties of your foul ! "* ShouM all beholders feel the fame furprize ; ShouM all who fee you, fee you with my eyei ; * Were [ ^35 ] Were no fick blafls to make that beauty lefs ; Should you be what I think, what all confeft : *Ti8 but a narrow (pace thofe charms engage s One ifland only, and not half an age! s o N a To SYLVIA. [By D. G.] IF truth can fix thy wav*ring heart. Let Damon urge his claim. He feels the paiiion void of art. The pure, the conftant flame. . Tho* flghing fwains their torments teU* Their ienfual love contemn ; They only prize the beauteous ihellt Bat flight the inward gem. PoiTefiion cures the wounded heait, Ddflroys the tranfient fire ; But when the mind receiyes the daflt^ Enjoyment whets define. By 1 236 ] 1 97 age your beanty will decay. Your mind improves with years f As when the bloflbms fade away. The rip'ning fruit appears : May heaVn and Sylvia grant my fait. And blefs the future hour. That Damon, who can ufte the fruit. May gather ev^ry flower ! To the Author of the Farmer^ s Letters^ which were written in Ireland in the Year of the Rebellion, by Henry Brooke, Efq; 1745. [5^ the Same.'} n OH thou, whofe artlefs, free-bom genius charms, Whofe rufHck zeal each patriot bofom warms; Purfue the glorious tafk, the pleaiing toil, Forfake the fields and //// a nobler foil ; Extend the Farmer*s care to human kind. Manure the heart, and cultivate the mind ; There plant religion, reafon, freedom, truth, Andy^K- f 240 J ** Then copies fpread, there lies the trick, *' Among your friends befnre to fend *em : ** For all who read will foon grow fick, *' And when yoa*re call'd upon, attend 'em. ** Thus trade increafing by degrees, ^ Doctor, we both (hall have our ends : *' Fbr you are fore to have your fcts, *' And I am fare to have your fiiends. INSCRIPTIONS on a Monument to the Memory of a Lady's favourite Bullfinch. [^By the Same.] On the front of the Stone* Memoriae Blandientis Volucris Hunc Lapidem pofuit T> G — ethoc NobiliJJima Luci4t Ofiicij fui Teftimonium quale quale eft dicavit. [ 241 ] On the Right Sidel THE goddelTes 6f wit and love. Have patrcuiizM the owl and dove i From whofe protedlion both lay claim To immortality and fame : .Coald wit alone, or beauty, giv^ To birds the fame prerogative ; My doable claim had fate defy*d. And • Luc Y*a favVite ne'er had dy'd. ! Cemttifs ofR d. On the Left Sidel THO' here my body lies interred, I itill can be a tell-tale bird ; If David fhoold pollute thefe ihades; And wanton with my lady's maids ; Or Dick fneak out to field or parl^ To pky with Mopsy in the dark i Or Will, that noble, generous youth; Should err from wifdom, tafte, and truth i And blefs'd with all that's fair and good. Should quit a feaft for grofier food : 111 rife again a refUefs fprite. Will haunt my lonely cage by night; There fwell my throat and plume my ^ffoiig^ And every tale to Lucy fing. Vol. IIL Q Thi C 24* 1 'f The Trial of SELIM the PERSIAN, For divers HigK Crunes mi Mcfikmttuioun. THE court w^ Mel I dui Jpris W ^vgfats ThecbiflifcS Wilk ifidnidldii £mj^ ; And evidence pcpm'A iH ki)g«^ On oath, to vindicate the charge. Bat firft *tis meet, Whtire fbHh denier^ Poetick hel]^ i^ To blow fed^tioo p'er the land. With thefe, foot faoU of kff^ fiune. And hapibUr rank» attendant came ; Hypocrisy with fmHing grape. And iMPupsjiicf whh braseen face* Contention bold» with iron loi^s. And Slander with her hundied tongaes. The wails iti ^colpCor'd tale were rich. And ftat^es prood (in many a oich) Of chiefs, who foaght in Pact iOf«*« caiiie, Aad petiih'd for cgrxtetpft of law*. C 244 J The roof in vaiy*d light and {hide. The feat of Anarchy difplay'd. Triumphant o'er a falling throne (By emblematick figures known) Confusion rag'd, and Lust obfcene. And Riot with diftemper'd rnein* And Outrage bold, and Mischief dire^ And Devastation clad in fire. Prone on thd ground, a martial mdd Expiring lay* and groanM for aid s Her ihield with many a flab was pierc*d> Her laurels torn, her fpe^ reversed ; And near her, crouched amidfl the fpoilt, A lion painted in the toils. With look composed the prisoner ftood. And modeft pride. By tarn s he view'd The court, the council, and the croudj And with fubmiifive rev'rence bow'd. Proceed we now, in humbler drains. And lighter rhymes, with what remains. Th' indiftment gricvoufly fet forth. That Selim, loft to truth and worth, (In company with one Will P— t And many more, not taken yet) In Forty-five, the royal palace Did enter, and to Ihame grown callous* Did then and there his faith forfake. And did accept, receive and take. With [ H5 I • ■ Witl^ mifchievous iatent ^nd b^fc, Valae unknown, a certain place. He was a fecond time indided. For that, by evil zeal excited. With learning more than layman's fliare, (Which parfons want, and he might (pare) In letter to one Gilbert West, He, the faid Selim, did atteft, ^ Maintain, fupport, and make aiTertion Of certain points, from Paul's converfioi^ ; By means whereof the (aid apoftle Did many an unbeliever jofUe, Starting unfafhionable fancies, And building truths on knpwn romances. A third charge run, that knowing well Wits only eat, as pamphlets fell. He, the faid Selim, notwithilianding Pld fall to anfw'ring, (haming, branding Three curious Letters to the Whigs ; Making no reader care three figs For any fads contained therein ; By fuch uncharitable fm. An author, modeft and defervxng. Was deftin'd to contempt and ftarving ; Againft the king, his cVown and peace. And all the flatutes in that cafe. The pleader rofe with brief full charged, A^id on the pris'ner*s criofet enlarged*— r* 0.3 ft« 1246} But not to damp tlie moTe** fire With rhetMck» lock as coorts require, 1 Well try to keep the reader warm* And fift the matter from the form. Virtue and focial love, he faid. And honoar ^m tlit land were fled ; That PATaioT* now, fike other felks. Were made the butt of vulgar jokes ; While Op^ositiok dropped her creft* And courted pow*r ibr wealth and rift. Why fome fUks laogh*d, and ibme folks rtiTdt Why {omt fabmitted, fome aftailMy Angry or pleas^d-^— all folv'd the doubt With who were in, and who were out« The foils of Cl amotjk grew fo fickly. They look*d for diAblotion quiddy ; Their Weekly Journals finely written. Were fmik in privies aU befli — *n ; Old-England, asid the London-Evenin|^ j Hardly a foul was {bund believing in^ And Caleb, once fo bold and Urong, Was ftupid DOW, and always wrong. Alk ye whence rofe this foul dlTgrace i Why Sblim lias receivM a place. And thereby brought the cauie to fhaine i Proving that peq>1e, void of blame. Might ferve their country and their king, By making both the felf-fame thing. By r «47 ] By mhkk the Qftdnlpps believM^ And otherj (by ftran^ jjts 4ffWy'd) That Miniftcr^ waefQmetiaies ri^^ And mcftftt jxnt to df ^x m ^uiff • That bartering th)is in ftale a£Sur^ He next muft deal in facpred wans. The clergy's rights divine invade^ And finnggje m the golpei'tr&d^ And all this zeal to ntrioftat^ Exploded nodon,9^ puftpfdate; Sending old rakes to church in ihpajb» Like childs^ fi^v'li^g for thi^ir fpi^ Ahd ladies pif, hopk ^i»e avd liMf » To learn Mi#fs, and roful fhfif U^l^ i Brewing confcieoipe for a tvtor. To danm th^^ prefect ^ tk$ fotwp* As if to pyjb knoim and feal Twas j»m)^ ^ M9» idfaJi When all of hufna^ ]^ w9 know Is care, and bificrneis, a^dvpf* With ihort trai^pAs of i^Uf^ To fet the ftatter'd fpirits figk^. Then why inch migfa^ pains and care. To make us huinbkr dian we are f Forbidding ihort-liv*d sairth end kag^ter By fears of fviittC may cpjnQ hereaAnr ? Better in ignorance to dwell ; None fear, hat who believe an hell ; 0^4 And t 248 ] And if there fhoald be one, no doubt Men of themfelves would find it out. Bat Selim^s crimes, he faid, went farther. And barely ftoppM on this fide murther ; One yet remainM to clofe the charge. To which (with leave) he*d fpeak at large. And firft 'twas needful to premife. That tho' fo long (for reafons wife) The pre& inviolate had itood, Frodudive of the publick good ; Yet fHll, too modeft to abofe. It rail'd at vice, bot told not whofe. That great improvements, of late days Were made to many an aathor's praife. Who, not fo fcrupoloafly nice. Proclaimed the perfon with the vice. Or gave, \i^ere vices might be wanted. The name, and took the reft for granted. Upon this plan, a Champion * rofe. Unrighteous greatnefs to oppofe. Proving the man intHntus turn eft. Who trades in pow*r and ftill is honeft ; And (God be praised) be did it roundly. Flogging a certain junto foundly. But chief his anger was dite£ted Where people leaft of all fufpeded i ■ Author ef the Letters to the MTbigs. And [ 249 ] And SEL1M9 not fo (bong as tall. Beneath his grafp appeared to fall. But Innocence (as people fay) Stood by, and favM him in the fray. By her affifted, and one Truth, A bufy, prating, forward youth. He rally 'd all his ftrength anew^ And at the foe a letter threw. His weakefl part the weapon found. And broQght him fenfelefs to the groond. Hence Opposition fled the field. And Ign'rance with her fev'n-fold (hield ; And well they might, for (things weighed folly) The pris*ner, with his Whore and Bully, Muft prove for ev'ry foe too hard. Who never fought with fach a guard. But Trvth and Innocence, he faid^, Would ftand him here in little Head, For they had evidence on oath. That would appear too hard for both. Of witnefTes a fearful train Came next, th' indidments to fuftain ; Detraction, Hatred, and Distrvst, And Party, of all foes the worft. Malice, Revenge, and Unbelief, And Disappointment, worn with grief. Dishonour foul, unaw'd by (hame. And every fiend that vice can name. All [ 250 ] An tilde in ample form deposed Each fad the triple charge difdos^d^ Wkh taunts and gibes of bitter btU And aiking vengeance from the court. The prisoner faid tn his defence. That he indeed had Imall pretence To foften fafls fo deeply fwom. Bit would for his offences mourn ; Yet more he hopM than bare repentance Might ftiU be urg*d to ward the fentencc^ That he had held a place fome years. He own*d with penitence and tears, fat took it not from modvta bale, Th* indi£bnent there miiibook the cafe » And tho' he had betray'd his trofi. In being to his country jnSt, Negleding Faction and her friends^ He did it not for wicked ends. But that complaints and feuds nught ceaftt And }arrbg parlies mix in peace. That what he wrote to Gii^beut Wsst Sore hard againft him, he confefs'd ; Yet there they wrong'd him ; fpr the faft is. He reafon'd for Bfelief, notPra^e; And people might believe, he thought, Tho* Pradice might be deem*d a fault. ^He either dreamt it, or was told, Rdigion was rever*d of old. That \ r 251 1 That it gave breeding no ofience» And was no fee to wit and fienfe ; Bot whether this was truth or whim* He wopM not fay ; the doubt with him (And no great harm he hopM) w^ how Th* enlighten^ world would take it now ; If they admitted it, *twas well. If not, he never talk'd of hell. Nor even hop*d to change men^s meafures. Or frighten ladies from dieir pleafures. One accufatiotty he conftfsM, Had touched him morefhan all the reft; Thfee Patriot-Letters, high in fame. By him overthrown, and brought to ihame. And tho^ it was a mk in v6gae» If one man call'd another rogne. The party injarVI might reply^ And on hie fee retort the lye; Yet what accrued from all his labour. But foul dilhonour to his neighbour f And he*s a moft onchriftian elf. Who othcfs damns to fave himicir. Beildes, as all men knew, he faid, Thefe Letters only railed for breads And hunger was a known excnfe For proftitution and abafe ; A guinea, jproperly applyM, Had made the wsiter change his fide ; He r 252 1 He yinSh'^i he had not cut and carv*d him. And own*d, he fhoald have bought, not fla^^d him. The court, he faid, knew all the reft. And mail proceed as they thought beft ; Only he hop^d fuch refignatio;n Would plead fome little mitigation ; And if his charader was clear ^ From other faults (and friends were near. Who would» when call'd upon, atteft it), He did in hombleft form requeft it. To be from puniihment exempt,] And only fufFer their contempt. The prisoner's friends their claim prefen^d. In turn denunding to be heard. Integrity and Honour fwore. Benevolence and twenty more. That he was always of their party. And that they knew him firm and hearty. Religion, foberdame, attended. And, as (he could, his caufe befriended ; She faid, *twas fince (he came ftom college She knew him introduced by Knowledge ; The man was modeft and £ncere. Nor farther could fhe interfere. The Muses begg'd to interpofe. But Envy with loud hiffings rofe. And caird them women of ill fame ; Liars, and proftitutes to fhame ; Ani [ »53 ] And faid, to all the world *twas knowi^ Selim had had them ev^ry one. The prisoner blufh'd, the Mvssa frownM, Wheniilence was proclaimM around* AndFACTiON, riling with the reftp In form the pris*ner thus addrefsM. You, Selim, thrice have been indidled, Firfty that by wicked pride excited. And bent your country to difgrace* You have receivM, and held a Place. Next, Infidelity to wound, YouVe dar'd, with arguments profound^ To drive Frebthinking to a fland. And with Religion vex the land. Andlaitiy, in contempt of right. With horrid and unnatural fpite. You have an Author^s fame o^erthrown^ Thereby to build and fence your own. Thefe crimes fucceflive, on your tr^l. Have met with proofs beyond denial i To which yourfelf, with fhame, conceded^ And but in mitigation pleaded. Yet that the juftice of the court May fuffer not in men*s report. Judgment a moment I fufpend. To reafon as from friend to friend. Andfirft, that you, of all mankind. With KijiGA and Courts ihouldftaiQ your mindl Yoai A C 254] You ! whd were Ofpositiok*! leid i Hernervesy herfiaews* andherfwordl That youat laft, for fervile ends> Should woand dke bowds of her friends f-« It ag^avadon of oSeace, That leares for mercy no pretence. Yet more-*-for yoa to urge your hate» And back the church, to ad the flate I For you to pabliihfach a letter ? Yoa! who have known Religion better f Foryou, I fay, to introduce The fraud again f — There's no excufe« And laft of aH^ to crown your fhaine» Was it for you to load with blame The writings of a Patriot-Youdi, Andfummon iNKOCStfCB and Truth To prop your caufe ?— Was this for you ?— But Jnftice does your crimes purfiie ; And fentenee now alone remains. Which thuSy by me, the court ordains. '* That you return from whence you came. There to be ftrippM of all your fame By vulgar hands ; that once a week *.* Old-fingland pinch you till you fqoeak ; That ribbald pamphlets do purfue yon. And lyes and murmurs, to undo you, ♦* With ev'ry foe that Worth procures, *• And only Virtue's friends be Yovas* it Tb* f ^55 ] ne TROPHY, B £ I N O SIX CANTATAS To die Honour of Us Rotal Hichheis WILLUM, Duke of CUMBERLAND i Expraffiag the juft SenTe of a grateful Nation^ in the fevcral Charadeis ^ An4 Ikw a vocd (oand Brake from die recent wpund^ And fet the fotm of btattteoos Dapfahe free4 Alt. Coy Da^me yoo bdidd in me i For William's £dce I wiliuig Ueed* No wreath bat thia fhmk Phmbns' tree Is worthy him, who firitaun freed. Lefs fair was Pharl»i»' chaot t^t imibtfght ftme» Be his the wMiA, who woo*d and won tde damf. CANTATA IlL TM PAiimft. All. Sweet minpofk thoa of Natat«f*f face. Thy pencH takey the poloitff %read} On thy canVas cnrioita't£aee Every virtue, every grabs;, That hovers round our Williau's head. Recii»ati^-' ' ' ■ Let Viftory befcr# hi la iy, And FortoKle with ftcdfaft^ye j Let Prtdcncc wkh her wkiot hafte Studious of futwe by the paft j With Induftry in vigou* blooming. And Science knowing much, yet !rfs affuaiag. Ra T^ C 260] To group the piece and fweli the tfkin With Hydra heads, Rebdlion draw, SpoBting at er'ry van The blood of thoalands flain ; Thoufands too few to glut her rav'nous maw : Paint her pamiiig, linking, dyings . Faiml.her ions ait Aiftance fiying. Paint Britannia, fall of fmiles. Scarce recovec'd from her toils : Paint Jtt0ioe'reiid}f to. av«Dge her*pftin. Dragging tiKfii^iiS^ in her ma^y^^Ui : . Near her paint Mercy crown Vi ; foft-fmiling let her ftand, With armoat41fetcii*dSo ilop her juft^ determiii^d hand. Aia. Ceafe to decMiii; €at attift^xries, QferVf.wtoe, «v:;ry grace,**-. See, by degrees.the Statures rife : Behold them a11 in William's face. • i \. » * CANTATA' IV. The Musiciak. Rejcitayivi.. O various pow*r of magick Urai^s, To damp Qur joys and footh our pains ! Ev'ry moveiyient of the will Obedient. OYiens t})6 artift^s ikill. Thus in ^^ 1191^8, and boaftful words The mailer of the tunef^ chords $ But r 2^1 ] But fpon he found hi? boad was air, His love ftill blafted with defpair. And Chloe ^old, or Teeming cold ' To all the tuneful tales he told. Air. To love when he'tun'd the foft lyre, . It figh'd and it trembled in vain ; Tho' warm*d by his amorous fire, The fair one ne'er anfwer'd his flraiQ. JljECITATIVE. Hear, cries the artift, pow'r diving, Great leader of the tuneful Nine; Teach thy votary to fwell With love-infpiring drains the fhcll^ « Such as pleafe my Chloe befl^ And eafieft glide into her breaft. Air. No more I woo in warbling flrains^ No more I fing the lover's pains To cold and carelefs ears : To warlike notes I tune the ftring. The fong to Wii,liam's praife I fing— # The nymph with rapture hears. CANTATA V. The Shepherd, Recitative. Beneath an oak's indulgent ihade Ji ftiepherd at his eafe was laid ; R 3 He 1 262 ) He pluck'd the bough, the wreath he wove Sacred to William, and to love, And taught the vocal woods around !(iis name and Delia^s to refound. Am. Of peace rcfter'd the (hepherd fung. And plenty fmiling o'er the fields ; Of peace reftor'd the woodlands rung. And all the fweets that cjuiet yields j Of love he fung and Delia's charms,, And all reftor'd by William's arms. Recitative. Driv'n from his native foil belov'd, By coft and care not mumprov'd, A northern fwain himfelf betook To reft,, in that fequcfter'd nook. One fav'rite lamb efcap'd the fpoil. The only meed of all his toil ; Which now o'eripent he drove before, Now fondling }n his bofom bore. He heard, and ftrait the caufe required. With wonder more than envy fir'd. Am. Say, fwain, by what good pew'r Thou wing'ft the fleeting hour. With ftrains thai wonder move> And tell of eafe dftd love ; Wbife C 2«3 J Whik I fay war*s alarms Am forc'd from fafcty's anmi ; From home and natnrc air. And all their fodal care. Say, fwain^ &c. ^ 7 RlC^TATlTB. Again, replied the Twain, repair To northern fields and native air ; Again thy kindly home ieview« And all its focial cares renew. Within what cave, or foreft deep. To grief indulgent or to llcep. Haft thoa cicap*d the gen*ra) joy, . Sweet gift of Britain's £iv*rite Boy ? Air. Twas William'^ toil this leifure gave. By Um I tune my oaten reed^ ^ By him yon goldeft hanrefts wave. By himthefe hefdsiafafe^ feed : Him fhall oar.gratefiil fongs dedarf Ever to Britifli fhephsrde dear. Him ihall our gratefU (bngs dedars Ever to firitifli fliepherds dear. R4 CAN. [ 264 ] CANTATA YI. The REueipttj- . Recitative. Here t3rnuit Sup^rftition» ugly fiends Harpy with an angel's face, Monfler in Religion's drefs, ^ Thy impious pr#y*rs and bloody vifions end. Hence with thy After Perfecution, go-— Hence with all her pleafihg dreams . Of martyrs' groans, and virgins' fcreams. The ftretching rack, and horrid wheel. Slow fires, and confecrated fteel. And ev'ry prieftly implement of woe. And ev'ry threatened tool of hoodwinkM zeal, Ingenious Rome can find, or tortur'd Nature feel. Air. From Britain's happier dime repair To fouthern funs and flavift air-r To empty halls. To midnight belU, To cloifter'd walls. To gloomy cells Where moping Melancholy dwells— - William's name ftiall reach you there. And fink your fouls with blank defpair. Recixativk. The Hero comes, and with him brings Fair Hope, that foars on Cherub's wings ? [ a^5 ] Firm Faith attends with iledfaA eye. Intent on things above the day. To n^prtal ken unknown ; and She,^ Meek and feemjy, kind and fre?. Ever Koping* ftill believing. Still forbearing, ftill forgiving, Greateft of the heavenly Three, A JR. Britons, join the godlike train. Learn, that all but Truth is vain. And tQ her lyre attune your joy : No gifts fo pure as thofe fhc brings. No note faiweet as thofe ihe &ngh To praife the heay'nly-favpur'd Boy. THE Marriage of the Myrtle and the Yew* A F A B L E. To DELIA, about to marry beneath hcrfclt 1744- [5y tJhe SamiJ] A Myrtle flourifli'd 'mongft the flowers^ And happy pafs'd her maiden hours; The lovely Rofe, the garden's queen > Companion of this jQirub was feen ; 3 Th« [ 266 ] The Lilly fair, the Violet bhte, Tke Eglantine befide her grew : The Woodbine^s arms did round her twitte> With the pale genteel Jeflainine : With her's the Tuberofe mix*d her Aveet $ The flow'rs were gracioiiSt fiie difcreet The envioos (hnib with fome re^t. Saw all her friends in wedlock met ; Up the tall Elm the Woodbine fwarms^ And twines her marriageable arms ; A gorgcotts bower the JefT^mine chofe> The glory of fome ancient hoafe ; With joy fhe views the fhort-liv*d maid. The Violet drooping in the fliade ; And iees (which pleasM her to the quick,) The Lilly hug a faplefs ftick. '* And muft Myrtilla ftill be feen ** Pining in ficknefs ever-green ? •« ShaU flie*' With that (he arni^d her brow. Which oncft had conquc^ g»n*d, but now-^ Too old to chafe* too proud to foe. Strikes flag to her good coufin Yew- This Yew was fair, and l^^rge, and good, ^ EfteemM a pretty lUck of wood ; But never in the garden pkic*d. Or to be borne by nymphs of tafte Bat in a wildernefs* or wafte ; And 1 [ 267 1 And cut and dip, wkat^cr you do. This pretty ftick was ftill but Yew : The poisonous drops, the baleful (hade Sduck each g^teeler flower dead ; But Myrde, being evcr-gre*n. Thought Nature taught to wed her kin. And carelefs of th^ event, withdrew From her old friends, and fought her Yew. Behold the am'rous fhrub tranfplanted. And her laft prayer in vengeance granted* The bride and bridegroom ding together, Erjoy the fair, and fcom foul weather. Vi£ta are pay'd : around are feen The fcrubbed race of ever-green, Th' iU-natur'd Holly, ragged Box, And Yew's owa ikmily in flocks: But not a flow*r of fcent or flavoor. Would do the bride fo great a favour. Bat in contempt drew in their leaves. And jQirunk aWay, as Senfitivei. The blulhing • Qjieen, ^th detihit pride, Tum'd^ as Ihe pafs'd, her head afide ; The Lilly nice, was like to fpue To fee MyRfK^iA Mrs. Yaw : The Eglantine, a prude by ns^ture^ Wou'd-ncvcr go a-riear the Creacher s And the gay Woodbine gave a flaunt. Nor anfwer'd her but with a taunt, * The Rofc, Poor L 26S ] Poor Myrtle, fb-aagel/ mortif)r*4» Too late refum^s h«;r proper prid^ ; Which heightened now by pique and ipleeOj, Paints her conditio^ doably mean. She fourM her mind, grew broken»heart64« And foon this fpiteful world departed ; And now lies decently interred. Near the old Y^w Li church-yar4- On a BAY^LEAF, plucked from Virgil's Tomb, near Naples. 1736. [ By the Same. ] BOLD was the irreligious hand That could all reverence withftand« And facrilegioufly prefnme To rob the poet's facred tomb Of (0 much honourable fhade. As this, fo fmall a trophy, made ; Could dare to pluck from Virgil's brow The honours Nature did beftow. * Sweetly the gentle goddefs fmird. And liften'd to her favourite child ; Whether in fhepherd's cleanly weed He deftly tun*d his oaten reed. And • Pafcua. 1 469 } Abd taught die vocal woocU around Jiis Amaryllis to refound -, . , *• Or taught he in a graver fbain To doath the field With waving grain j And in the marriage-folds to twine The barren elm, and clufter'd vine ; To yoke the laboring ox, to breed To the known goal, the foaming deed ; And fung the manners, rights, degrees. And labours of the frugal bees ; «= Or whether with -Eneas' name He fwcU'd th^ extended cheek of Fame, And all his god-like labours fung» ^ Whence Rome's extended glories fprung ; The goddefs fmil'd, and own'd (he kn«w Th' original from whence he drew. And grateful (he,, fpontaneous gave This living honour to his grave. Hail, thou fweet (hade, whofe rev'renc'd name Still foremoft in the mouth of Fame Doth preference and value give. And teach this little leaf to live ; Methiriks fecluded from that brow. Where grateful Nature bad it grow. This beauteous green fhould fade away, . , And yield to iron-tooth'd decay ; But Virgil's name forbids that crime. And blunts the threat'ning fcythe of Time. * Rura. « Duces. . I C 370 J *^/ To C H L O E. Written * on my Birth- Day, 1734^ [5y the Same. J THE minutes, the honrs^tlie iasys , and the years That fill up the Garwnt of Time, Neither Aiming with hopes, ndther ebbing widi fears, Unheeded roU'd on to mj prime. In infancy prattling, in yonth full of play. Still pleased with whatever was new, I bid the old cripple fiy fwifter away. To overtake fome gay trifle in view. But when Chloe, with fweefnefs and fenfe in her Uxk, Firft taught me the leffon of love ; Then I counted each ftep the wingM fugitive took. And bad him more leifurely move* Stop, run-away, ftop j nor thy journey purfue. For Ckloi has giv'n me her heart: To enjoy it thy years will prove many too few. If you make fo mnph hafte to depart* Still, [ £yx ] Stili, iBil he flies on— fUU, ftill let him fly, 'Till he's cured^ and paatiag for breath ; My love^both his teedi and hii ftythe (hall d^— That can qj^y be OQoqoer'd by Death* A SONG. X By the Sam* ] Set to Mufick by Dr. Green K* L TO fileat gfoves, where weeping yew With fadly monmfal cypvefs join'd^ Poor Dampn from the plaias withdrew. To eaf« with plaints his love-fick mind $ Pale willow mxo myffick wseaths he wove. And thus lamomed his Ibr&kea love. II. How often, C«iia, faithlefi maid. With arms entwined did we walk 9eneath the defe unpierced fhade, Beguiling time with am'rous talk ! Bat that, alas ! is pail, and I muft prove The pangs attending on ibriaken love. |II. But [ 472 1 III. But think ndt, Cblia» I will bcif With dull fubmiffion all the fmart i No, ril at once drive out-defpair. And thy lovM image in my heart : • All arts, all charms I'll pra£tife to remove The pangs attending on forfaken love. IV. Bacchus^ with grceneft ivy trown'd. Hither repair with all thy train ; And chace the jovial gobletroand^ For Celia triumphs in my pain : With gen'roifs wint affift ine toi'emOVe The pangs attending on forfaken love. V. Coa^d reafboiie fo drown*d in wins, As never to* revive again> ' How happy were this heart of mine RelievM at once from all its pain f But reafon iliU with love returns, to prove The torments lafiing of forfaken love. VI. Bring me the nymph, whofe generous foul Kindles at the circling bowl ; Whofe fparkling eye with wanton fire, Shoots thro* my Mood a fierce defire ; For evVy-art Til praftifc to remove The pangs attending on forfaken love. VII. And C 273 3 vir. And what all is this traniieot flame ? *Tis but a blaze, and feen no more ; A blaze that Hghts us to our ihame^ And robs us of a gay four-fcorei Reafon again with love returns^ to prove The torment lafling of forfaken low. VIII. Hark ! how the jolly hnntfman's cries. In concert with the opening hounds, Rend the wide concave of the fltics. And dre dull echo with their founds : Thou Phoebe, goddefs of the chace, remove The pangs attending on forfaken love, IX. Ah me I the fprightly-bounding doe, The chace » and every thing I viewj Still to my mind recall my woe ; So Celia flies, fo I purfue : So rooted here, no arts can e'er remove - The pangs attending on forfiikea love. X. Then back poor Damon to thy grove. Since nought avails to eafe thy paiiH Let conftancy thy flame improve. And patience anfw^r her difdain : So gratitude may Celia's bofom move* To pity and reward thy conftant love. Vol. in. S FASHION. A C 274 } FASHION: A Satire. Hweftius putamusy quod frequtntius ; real afud not locum tenet error ^ ubi publicus fg&us* Seneca. YE S, yes, my friend, difguife it as you will. To right or wrong 'tis Fafhion guides us ftill : A few perhaps rife fmgularly good. Defy, and ilem the fool-o'erwhelming flood ; The reft to wander from their brethren fear. As focial herrings in large fhoals appear. 'Twas not a tafte, but powerful mode, that bade Yon' purblind, poking peer run pifturc mad ; With the fame wander-gaping face he flares On flat Dutch dawbing, as on Guido's airs 5 What might his oak-crown'd manors mortgagM gain ? Alas! five faded landfcapes of* Loraine. Not fo Gargiliub— — fleek voluptooua lord, A hundred dainties fmoak upon his board ; Earth, air, and ocean's ranfack'd for the fcaft. In mafquerade #f foreign Ollio's drefs'd ,* Who praifes, in this fauce-enamourM age. Calm, healthfnl temp'rance, like an Indian fage: Bot Clauie Loraine. C ^75 3 But Godd be walk in publick^ were it (^ deaf to the pale widow's grief. Parts with an unfun'd guinea for relief ; No meltings o^er his ruthlefs bofom deal. More than fierce Arabs, or proud tyrants feel ; Yet, fince his neighbours give, the churl nnlocks. Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box* • Why loves not Hippi a rank obfcenity ? Why would fhe not with twenty porters lie ? Why not in crouded Malls quite naked walk ? Not aw'd by virtue — but** The world would talk'*—* Yet how demurely looks the wifhing maid. For ever, but in bed, of man afraid ! Thus ^ Hammon's fpring by day feels icy-cool. At night is hot as helFs fulphureous pool. Each panting warble of Vesconti's throat. To Dick, is heav'nlier than a feraph*f note ; S a The ^ The Phyfician. * Lucretius, Jib. 6. $48* A [ i76] The thrills, he fwears, foft-iiealing to his breads Are Iailabie% to footh his cares to reft ; Are Tweeter far, thaa Laura's lufcious kifs. Charm the whole man', and lap his foul in blift ; Who can fuch counterfeited raptures bear. Of a deaf fool who fcarce can thunders hear I Crowd ERO might with him for Festin pafs And touching Handel yield to trifling Hassb. But curd-fac'd Cumo comes ! all prate, and fmile. Supreme of beaux, great bulwarks of our ifle ! Mark well his feathered hat, his gilt cockade. Rich rings, white hand, and coat of flifF brocade. Such weak-wing'd May-flies Britain's troops difgrace, That Flandria, wondVing, mourns bur alterM race '. With him the fair,' enraptured with a rattle, OCVavxhall, Garrick, or Pamela prattle: This felf-pleas'd king of emptinefs permit At the dear toillette harmlefsly to fit ; As mirthlefs infants, idling out the day, With-wooden fwords, or toothlefs puppies play : 'Tis meaner (cries the mauling) to command A conquering hofl, or fave a finking land. Than furl fair Flavians fan, or lead a dance. Or broach new-minted Fashions frelh for Francb. O France, .whofe edifls govern drefs and meat. Thy vidlor Britain bends beneath thy feet ! Strange ! that pert grafshoppers (liould lions lead. And teach to hop, and chirp acrofs the mead i 3. Of [ "^n 3 Of fleets and laarePd chiefs let others boal!. Thy honours are to bow, dance, boil and roaft. Let Italy give mimick canvas fire, Carve rock to life, or tune the lulling lyre ; For gold let rich Potosi be renown'd. Be balmy -breathing gums in India found ; *Tis thine for flaves to teach the fhantieil cuts. Give empty coxcombs more important flruts, Prefcribe new rules for knots, hoops, manteaus, wigs. Shoes, foupsy complexions, coaches, farces, jiggs. Muse ALIA dreams of lafl night^s ball till ten. Drinks chocolate, d^roaks Fop, and fleeps agen : Perhaps at twelve dares ope her drowfy eyes, Afks Lucy if *tis late enough to rife ; By three each curl and feature juftly fet. She dines, talks fcandal, viflts, plays picquette : Meanwhile her babes with fome foul nurfe remaist^ 4 For modem dames a mother's cares difdain ; Each fortnight once fhe hears to fee the brats, " For oh they ftun one's ears, like fqualling cats l" Tigeirs and pards protect, and nurfe their young. The parent-fnake will roll her forked tongue. The vdtur hovers vengeful o'er her neft. If the rude hand her helplefs brood infeft ; Shall lovely woman, foftefl frame of heav'n. To whom were tears, and feeling pity giv'n, Moft fafhionably cruel, lefs regard Her offspring, th^n the vultur, fnake, an4pard \ $3 What Ji C «78 ] What arty O Fashion, pow*r fupreme below ! You make as virtue, nature, fenfe, forego; You fan£Ufy knave, atheiil, whore, and fool. And fhield from juftice, fhame, and ridicule. Our grandames modes, long ablest from our eyes. At your all-powerful bidding duteous rife ; As Arethusa funk beneath the plain For many a league, emerging flows again ; . Now ^ Mary's mobs, and flounces you approve. Now (hape-difguifing facks, and flippers love : Scarce have you chofe (like Fortune fond to joke) Some reigning drefs, but you the choice revoke : So when the decp-tongu'd organ's notes fwell highj And loud HosANNAUS reach the diftant fky, Hark, how at once the dying ftrains decay. And foften unexpectedly away. The p^^, prince, peafant^ foldier, fquire^ divine, Coddefs of Change, bend low before yo«r ihrine. Swearing to follow, wh^refoe'er you lead, Tho' you eat toads* or walk upon your head. 'Tis hence belles game, intrigue, fip citron-dr ans, And hide tlieir loyely locks with " heads of rams j Pence girls, once modeft, without blufli appear. With legs difplay'd, and fwan.&ft bofoms bare; Hence * Marjr queen of Scots mobs, much worn by the ladicf . ! Tete de Moutos, HtcrgHy tranflatcd. [ 279 ] Hence ftale, aatumnal dames» ftill decked with laces. Look like vile cankerM coins in velvet ca(es. Afk yoa, why whores live more belovM than wives,. Why weeping virtue exUMy flattery thrives^ Why mad for penfions, Britons young and old Adore bafe minifters, thofe calves of gold. Why witling templars on religion joke. Fat, rofy jaftices, drink, doze, and fmoak. Dull critickson beft bards pour harmlefs fpite. As babes that mumble coral, cannot bite. Why knaves malicious, brother-knaves embrace. With hearts of gall, but courtly-fmiling face. Why fcornful Folly from her gawdy coach. At ftarving houfelefs Virtue points reproach. Why Avarice is the great alUwor(hip*d God ? Methinks fome D-kmon anfwers — '• 'Tis the mode f" At this Corruption (miles with ghadly grin, Prefaging triumphs to her mother. Sin; Who, as v^ith baneful wings aloft (he flies, ** This falling land be mine !" — exulting cries ; Grim Tyranny attends her on her way. And frowns, and whets his fword that thirfls to flay. Look, from the frigid to the torrid zone. By cuftom all are led, by nature none. ' The hungry Tartar rides upon his meat. To cook the dainty flefli w^th buttock's heat : S 4 The ' The following fa6ls ar^ taken from the accounts of different countries. A r 280] The Chivese complaifantly takes his bed With his big wife, and is with cawdle fed. How would our tender British beauties fhriek. To fee dim beaux on bulls their lances break I Yot not LuciNDAy in heroic Spain, Admits a youth, but who his beaft has flain. See, wondVous lands, where the fell vidlor brings. To his glad wives, the heads of (laughter'd kings. The i^angled heads ! o*er which they fmg and laugh. And in dire banquets the warm life-blood quaff s Where youths their grandfires, age-bent, trembling, grcy^ Pitying their weary weaknefs, kindly flay : Where fainted BRACHMAN6, iickoflife, retire. To die fpontancous on the fpicy pyre ; Where (Granger ftill !) with their wild dates content. The fimple fwains no iighs for gold torment. How fondly partial are our judgments grown. We deem all manners odious, but our own ( O teach me, friend, to know wife Nature^s rules. And laugh, like you, at Fashion's hoodwink*d fools ; You, who to woods remov'd from modifti fin, Defj^ife the diilant world's hoarfe, bufy din ; As ihepherds from high rocks hear far below. Hear unconcerned loud torrents fiercely How ; You, tho' mad millions the mean tafte upbraid. Who fiill love Virtue, fair, forfaken maid ; AsSacchits charming Ariadne bore. By d^ abandoned, from the lonefome fhore. NA- i 281 ] NATURE and FORTUNE. t To the Earl of Chesterfield, NATURE and Fortune blith and gay. To pafs an hour or two. In frolick mood agreed to play At • What ihall this man do V Come, ril be judge then^ Fortune cries. And therefore mufl be blind ; Then whlpt a napkin round her eyes. And ty'd it faft behind. Nature had now prepared her lift Of names on fcraps of leather. Which roird, (he gave them each a twill. And hufled them together. Thus mixt, which ever came to hand, ^ She very furely drew ; Then bade her filler give command. For what that man fhould do* 3 Twodd ^ I [ 282 1 Twoold almoft barft ^ne's fides to hear, Whit ftraage coinmandi flie ^avc ; That C ■ Ihonld the laurel wear. And C— — B an army have. At length when Stanhope'i name was come, Same NtLTURi fmil'd and cry'd. Now tell mc, fifter, this man's doom, And what Ihall him betide i That man, faidFonTuiiE, (hall be one Bkft both by yoa and me : ^-^ Nay, then, qooth Nature, let's have done) ^fter, I'm fore yon fee. [ «83 ] fame. Oft' Honour, perching on the ribonM breaft. Sneers at weak juiHce, and defies th' arreil ; She dwells exulting on the tongues of kings ; She wakes the Mufe to flighty and plumes her wings ; 1 o The ibldier views her in the ihining bkde ; The pedant *midft the lamber in his head. She to fell Trealbn the difgoife can lend. And (heath her fword remorfelefs in a friend : Her throne*s fantkfH^k pride, we often fee 1 5 Kear*d on the tombs of Truth and Honefly ; Fops, templars,-courtiers, ilaves,— cheats, patr20ts,-ali Pretend to hear, and to obey her call. Where fix we then ?— Each boafting thus his own. Say, does true Honour dwell with all, or none ? 20 The truth, my Lord, is clear :— Tho' impious pride Is ever felf-ador'd, felf- deify *d ; Though fools by paffion or felf-love betray 'd, Fall down and worfhip what themfelves have made ; StjH Verfe ai. Tho' they are thus inconftant and contradi^koiyy yet tnie Honour is a thing fixed and determinate. IMITATIONS. Un vrai fourbe, a jamais ne garder fa parole, Ce Poete a noircir d'infipides Papiers, Ce marquis a fa voir frauder ces creanciers. — Interrogeonsmarchands. financiers, gens du guerre, Courtifans, magiftrats, chcz eux, fi je les croi, U Interet ne pcut licn, V honneur fculfait la loi. 3c^iLEAU> Sat. II. [ 28; 1 Still cloea the Goddefs, in her fonn iliint, 2$ 0*er each grim idol emineiidy &ine ; Array'd in lafting majcfty, is known Thro' every clime and age, unchai^'d, snd One* But how explored ?-*Take reafon for your guide^ n Difcard felf-love ; fet pafiion's glafs afide ; 90 > Nor view her with the jaundicM eye of pride* 3 Yet judge not rafhly from a partial view Of what is wrong or rights or faUe or true ; Objedls too near deceive ih* obferver^s eye ; Bxamine thofe which at a diftance lie. ^^ Scarce is the flrufiure's harmony defcry'd 'Midil the tall column^s, and gay order's pride ; Bat towards the deftin^d point your fight remove. And this fhall lefTen dilly and that improve. New beanties gain upon your wondMng eyes, ^et And the fair Whole in juft proportion rife. Thus Honour's true proportions bell are feen. Where the due length of ages lies between: This feparates pride from greatnefs, ihow from worth, Deteds falfe beauty, real grace calls forth ^ 45; Points Vcrfe 19. If we would form an impanial judgment of what is truly honourable, we muft abftra6t all confidcrations which regard ourfelves. Verfe 32. Not only fo, but we mull remove ourfelves to a proper diftance from the objcft we examine, left fome part would predominate in our eye, and occa&on a falfe judgment of the whole. f 288 ] Foints out what merits praife, what merits blame. Sinks in difgrace, or raifes into fame. Come then, from paft examples let us prove What raifes hate, contempt, efteem, or love. Can greatnefs give true Honour ? can expcnce ? 50 Can luxury ? or can magnificence ? Wild is the purpofe, and the fruitlefs aim. Like a vile proftitute to bribe fair Fame ; Perfwafive fpleiidor vainly tempts her ear. And e'en all-potent gold is baffled here, SJ Yc pyramids, that once could threat the Ikies, Afpiring towVs, and cloud-wrapt wonders, rife ! To lateft age your founder's pride proclaim ; Itecord the tyrants greatnefs ; tell his name ; No more :— The treacherous brick and mould'ringfto.ne 6© Ar^ funk in dud: the boafting title gone : Pride's trophies fwept by Time's devouring flood, Th' infcription want, to tell where once they flood. But could they rival Nature, Time defy. Yet what record but Vice or Vanity ? 65 His the true glory, tho' his name unknown, Who taught the arch to fwell ; to rife, the ftone ; Not Vcrfc 48. Therefore the fureft method is, to prove by paft examples what commands oiir love and efteem. Vtfrfe 50, &c. Expence and grandeur cannot give true Ho- nour: Their moft fplendid monuments vaniih ; and even ihould they laft for tver, could not bcftow real glory, if only the re- cords of Pride, Tyranny and Vice. r 289 ] Not hisy whofe wild command fair ait obeyed, Whilil folly diaated, or paffion fway'd. No : Ipite of greafneis, pride and Vice are fedit^ 70 Shameful iii pomp, c6iifpica6afly mean. In vain, O St— d— y, thy proud forefts fpread ; In vain each gilded turret rears its head ; In vain thy Lord commands the ftreams to fall, £xtends the view^ and fpreads the fmooth canal^ 75 While guilt's black train each confcious walk invade. And cries of orphans haunt him in the fhade. Miftaken man ! by crimes to hope for fame ! Thy imag'd glory leads to real fhame : , Is villainy felf-hated ? thus to raife tcf Upbrdding monuments of foul difgract f Succeeding titnes^ and ages yet unborn. Shall view the guilty fcenes with honeft fcom ; Difdain each beauty thy proud folly planned. And curfe the labours of oppreifion's hand. 85 Next, view the Heroe in th* embattled field : Thie Honour's fruit can conqueft's laurel yield ? Him only honoured, only lov'd we find. Who fights tiot to deftroy, but fave mankind: PfiLiDBs* fury may our wonder move, 90 But god-like Hector is the man we love. Vcrfe 71, &C, Much Icfs if purchased by Opprefli©n and Guilt. VcrCe 96, &c. True Honour is not to be reaped finom unjuft Conqueft : It 1$ hot Vi^ory, but a juft Caufe &at can engage our Efteeiii. Vol. Ill, T Sc« i [ 296 J Sec Willi AM'sfword a tyrant's pride difarm : See Lewis trembling under Marlboro's arm : Say, which to human kind are friends or foes; And who detefls not Thefe, and loves not Thofe i ge Conqueft unjuli: can ne'er command applaufe ; •Tis not the vift'ry charms you, but the caufe : Not Caefar's felf can feign the patriot's part. Nor his falfe virtues hide his poifon'd heart ; But round thy brows the willing laurels twine, lo* Whofe voice * wak'd freedom in the favage mine ! Yes : tnily glorious, only great is he Who conquers, or who bleeds for liberty. <' Heroes are much the fame, the point's agreed, *^ From Macedonia's mad-man to the Sweden 105 Like baleful comets flaming in the (kies. At deftin'd times th' appointed fcourges rife ; A while in ftreaming luflrefweep along. And fix in wonder's gaze th' admiring throng 5 But reafon*s eye dete£b the fpurious ray, 1 19 And the falfe blaze of glory dies away. Now all th' aerial cells of wit explore ; The mazy rounds of fcience travel o'er ; Search all the deep recefles of the mind. And fee, if there true Honour fits enfhrin'd. 115 Alas, I M I T AT IONS. Verfe 98. Du premier des Csfars on vante les exploits; Mais dans quel tribunal, jug6 fuivant les loix, ' £ut ii pu difculper fon injure manie ? BoiLEAV Sat. XI. ■ GusTAVus Vasa. [ 291 ] Alas, nocwithoricieDce this can boaft. Oft' daA'd with error, oft' in caprice loft f Tranfienc'as faright.the ftiort-liv'd bubbles fly { And modes of wit, and modes of fcience die. "^ See Rab'lais once the idol of the age ; | /sa Yet now negle^ed lies the finittted page I Of once renown'd Des Cartes how low the fall,-«« His glory with his whidpools vaniih all ! See folly, wit-^and we«kne(^ wir4Q[9i ftain>-^ And Villars wicty<^Bacon wife in vain ! r 2 j; Oft' vice corrupts yvhat fenfe and paits refine^ And clonds theid^endor of the brightefl line. Sullies what Congreve, aod what Dryden wriC,-'« This fa(himi*s.fli^ i as that, the ftave of wit* €n vain fair Genius bids the laurel ihoot^ it ^ The deadly womx dius eating at the root : Corroded thus^ the greendl wreaths decay. And all the poet's iionours fall away ; Quick as autumnal .leaves, the laurels &de. And droop on Rochipfter's and Otway's head. 1 35 T z Whew Verfe ir6. Neither is true glory to be obtain'd by wit or fcience : They are chimerical : Sometimes attended with fo)ly« and weaknefs ; often ftained with vice, and To render their pof- feflbrs mifchievous and infamous. IMITATIONS. Vocfe 126. Je ne puis eftrmer ccs dangereux autcurs. Qui de i'honneur en vers infames deferteurs, Trahiflant la vertii fur un papier coupable, Aux yeux de leur lefteurs. rendent le vice amiable- En vain Tefprit eft plein d'un noble viguour; Lc vers fe feni toujours des baffeffes do coeur. BoiLBAU i'Art Poet, Ch.4^ r 29^ ] Where theti is found True Honour, heavenly fair? Aik, LoNSDAaEy aik your heart — Ihe didates there. Yes : 'tis in Virtwi : That alone can give The lafting honour, and bid glory live : On Virtue's baiis only fame can rife, 140 To ftand the dorms of age, and seach the flues ; Arts, conqneft, greatnefs, feel die ftroke of fate. Shrink fudden, and betray th' incambent weight ; Time with contempt the faithlefs props fnrveys* *f And buries madmen in the heaps they raifir. 14$ *Tis Virtue only can the bard infpire. And fill his raptur'd breaft with lafting fire : Tottch'd hy th' ethereal ray each kindled line Beams ftrong : ftill Virtue feeds the flam^ divine ; tViere-e'er (he treads fhe leaves her footfteps bright^ 15^ In radiant trads of never-dying light 1 Thefe fhed the luftre o'er each facred name. Give Spensbr's clear, and Shakespear's noUe flame ; Blaze to the ikies in Milton's ardent ibng. And kindle the brilk-fallying fire of Young ; 155 Thefe gild each humble verfe in modeft Gay ; Thefe give to Swift the keen, foul-piercing ray ; Mildly thro' Addison's chafte page they ihine. And glow and warm in Pope's immortal lino. Nor lefs the fage muft live by Virtue's aid ; 1 60 Truth muflffupport him, or his glories fade ; And Verfe 138. The foundation of true Honour is Virtue only. Verfe 153. It is Virtue only that gives the poet lafting glory : ibis proved by inftancesi i: 293 ] And trath and virtue diiFer bat in name : Like light and heat— -<-— diftinguifli'd, yet the fame. To truth and virtue the afcent is fore ; The wholfome ftream implies the fountain pore ; 165 To tafte the fpring we oft' eiTay in vain : Deep lies the fource^ too ihort is reafon*s chain ; But thofe the iflues of pure truth we know» Which in clear ftrength thro* virtue's channel flow; Error in vain attempts the foul difguife, 170 Still tailed in the bitter wave of vice ; Drawn from the fprings of Falfehood all confefs Each baneful drop that poifons happinefs ; G— rd— n's thin ihallows^ Tindal's muddy page. And Morgan's gall^ and Woolfton*s furious rage ; 1 7 j T3 Th'en- Yerfe 1^4. The philofopher can only hope for true glory £rom the fame fource ; becaufe Truth is his obje£l, and nouiing can be Truth that tends to deftroy Virtue and happinefs. Verfe 174. Hence appears the madnefs, infamy, and falfe- hood of thofe deftru£tive fchemes fet on foot by the fe6l called Free Thinkers. . REMARKS. G— rd— n^s thin Shalfows.] The work here cfaaraAerized is entitled ** The independent Whig, or a defence of our ecde- '* fiafticai Eftabliihment f ' Yet it may be truly affirmed, that there is not one inftitation of the Church of England, but what is there miireprelented, and ridiculed with the loweft and moft deipicable fcurrility. TindaPs muddy Page.] Alluding to the confufion of Ideas« which that dull writer labours under. Morgan.] His character i§ thus drawn by an excellent wri- ter—'* Who by the peculiar felicity of a good choice, having f^ learned his Morali^ of our Tindal> ai>d his I^Iofophy of *^ your [the Jews] Spmoza; calls himfelf, by the courtefy of ** England, 1 294 J Th* envenom'd Utiefm that flows ftom ToUnd's q!iiU» And the rank di^gs of Hobbes and MandeVille. Detefted names ! yet fentenc'd ne'er to die ; Stoafch'd 6t>m oblivion's grave by infamy I Infca-opinions, batch'd by folly's ray, I $® Ba(k in the beam that wing'd them, for a day : ] Trath, phoenix-like immortal, tho' (he dies. With ftrength renew'd fhall from her afties rife. See, hq,w the lufbe of th' Athenian f fage Shines thro' the lengthen'd gloom of many an age f 185 Virtue alone fo wide tiie beam con'd ipread. And throw the lafiing glory roand his head. See Newton diafe conj^dore's twilight ray. And light lip nature into certain day ! He ** England, a Mor^l Philofophcr. Warb. Div. Leg. of Mofes dem. Vol. II. Dcd. p. ao. Toland.] A noted advocate for that fpecies of Atheifm com- monly called Pantheifm. Hobbe^.l It is confefTedhe was a man of Genius and Learn- ing : V^et thro* a ridiculous aiFe6lation of being regarded as the founder of new Syftems, he has advanced many things even below confutation. Mandeville.] The Author of that monftrous heap of contra* di^lion and abfiirdity, '< The Fable of the Bees, or pmate ** Vices pubHck Benefits/* The reader who is acquainted widi the writin|r8 of thofe Gentlemen, will pi^ably obfeire a kind of climax m this place $ afcendin? froni thofe who have attempt- ed to deftroy the feveral fences* of virtue, to the wild boars of the wood that root it up. Verfe iSo. Fatfehood fliort-livcd : Truth eternal. Verfe 1S4, Sec, Examples of the two moil illuftrious philo* fophcrs that ever adorned the world j the o^e excellent in moral| Ike other in natural knowkdge« t SOCR^TfiS, T 295 1 He wide creation's tracklefs mazes trod ; im And in each atom found the niling God. Unrival'd pair I with truth and rirtuc fraught ! Whofe lives confirm^ whatever their reafon taught ! Whofe far-ftretch'd views, and bright examples join'd At once t* enlighten and perfuade mankind ! i^j Hail names rever'd ! which time and truth proclaim The firll and faired in the lift of fame. Kings, ftatefmen, patriots, thus to glory rife ; On virtue grows their fame, or foon it dies j But grafted on the vigorous ftock, 'tis feen joo Brightened by age, and fprings in endlefs green : Pride, folly, vice, may bloiTom for an hour. Fed by court-fun-fliinc, and poetick fhow'r 5 But the pale tendrils, nurs'd by flattery's hand. Unwearied tendance, frefh fupplies demand ; 205 By heats unnatural puih*d to fudden growth. They ficken at th' inclement blafts of truth ; Shook by the weakeft breath that paiTes by, Their colours fade, they wither, droop, and die. *Tis Virtue only that (hall grow with time, 21 • Live thro' each age, and fpread thro' every clime. See god-like patriots, genVous, wife, and good, .Stand in the breach, and ftem corruption's flood f T4 See Verfe 198, &c. Kings, ftatefmen, and patriots, muft builA tk^r fame on virtue. Verfe 204. Flattery cannot raifc folly or vice into true glorf. [ 296 3 See martyr-bHhops at the flake expire, SmUe en the faggot, and defy its lire f 2t5 tiow great in esdle Hyde and Tully (hone !^ How Al FREDAS virtues brightenM all his throne f From worth like this unbidden glories ftream ; Nor borrowed blaze it afks, nor fortune^s beam ; ABlidion^ft gloom but makes it dill more bright, 220 As the dc^r lamp fhines qleareft in the night. Thus various honours various ilate^ adorn. As different ftars with dilFerent glories burn ; Their orbs too wider, as their fphere is higher ; Yet all partake the fame celeftial fke. zti Seen then heav*n*s endlefs bqunty, and confefs, Which gives in Virtue fame and happbefs ! iS^ mankind*s foUy, who the boon defpife. And grafp at pain and infamy in Vice 1 Not ib the man who inov'd by Virtue's laws, 230 Reveres himfelf — and gains, not feeks applaufe ^ Whofe views concentered, all to Virtue tend ; Who makes tme glory but his fecond end ; Still REMARKS. See inartyr-biihops, &c.] The catalogue of theCe hei-ocs, through the feveral ages of Chriftianity, is too large ^o be infert- «d in a work of this nature : Thofe of our own Country were Ridley, Latimer, and the good (thoMefs fortunate) Gran- der. Verfe »2». Thus it appears that every one has the power of obtaining true honour, by promoting the happinefs of mankind in his proper ftation. Verfe 126, And thus the love of fame, tho' often perverted tp bafi ends, is naturally conducive to virtue and happinefe. Verfe 230, &c. True honour charaaerix'd and exemplifyU C 297 ] Sdll fwayM by What is fit, and joK, and tmt. Who gives to all whatever to all is dae ; 235 When parties mad fedition^s garb put on, Snatches the higheft praife, — and b of none : Whilft round and round the veering patriots roll, Unfhaken points to Truth, as to his pole ; Contemns alike what fadioQ^ praife or blame ; 240 O^er rmnour*s narrow orbit foars to fame i Unmov*d whilft malice barks, or envy howls. Walks firm to virtue thro* the fcolFs of fools ; No minion flatters $ gams no felfilh end ; His own— his king^s— his conntiy^s-mankind^s friend ; •—• Him Virtue crowns with wreaths that ne'er decay ; 246 And glory circles him with endlefs day. Sfzch he who deep in Virtue roots his fame ; 4nd fuch thro^ ages fhall be Lonsdale's name. ^ GS'iJi DDE to a Water-Nymph* [By Mr^ Mason.] '£ green-hair'd nymphs ! whom Pan allows Tp tend this fweetly-folcpm f Wood, To fpeed the ihooting fcions into bongh^. And call the rofeate bloilbms fropA the bud ; But Y f A feat near * * finely iituated with a great command of water, but difpesM in a Ytry falfe taftc, which gave occkfion tm this Ode. C 298 1 Bat chief, dioa VI ^id, wont fo lopg to lead Tliis fluid cryftal ffvihng as it flows ; Whither, ah ! whither art thou fled ? What (hade is confcious to thy woes ? Ah ! 'tis yoa poplar's aweful gloom ; y Poetick eyes can pierce the fcene. Can fee thy drooping head, thy withering blpOQi, See grief diffused o'er all thy languid mein. Well may'ft thou v^^ear misfortune's fainting air^ Well rend thofe flow V honours from thy brow. Devolve that length of carelefs hair. And give yon azure veil to flow Loofe to the wind. For ah f thy pain The pitying Mufe can well relate : Ah ! let her, plaintive, pour the tend'reft ilrain. To teach the Echoes thy difaflrpus fate. ^was where the alder's dofe-knit fliade entwin'd (What time the dog-flar's flres intenfely burn,) In gentlefl indolence reclin'd, Befide your ever-trickling urn You fleptferene ; all free from fears. No friendly dream foretold your harm. When fudden, fee ? the tyrant Art appears To fnatch the liquid treafures from thy arm. Art, Gothick art, has feiz'd thy darling vafe. That vafe which filver-flipper'd Thetis gave For fome foft ftory told with grace. Amid th' aflbciates of the wave ; When r ^99 1 When in fcquefierM eoral val^. While worlds of waters roird above. The circling &a*-nyinpbs told alternate Ulk$ Of fabled changes, and of flighted love; Ahl lofs too jnfUy moum'd ! for now the fien4 Has on yon ihell- wrought terras pois'd it high. And thence he bida its fireams defc^ndt With tortoring r^gvlari^ i From Sep to fiep with fulfeii found The forc'd cafcades indignant leap> Till pent they fill the b^^^s meafur'd round. There in a dull Va^atidn doom*d tp deep. Loft is the vocal pebble's gurgling ibng. The rill foft-drippingYrom its rocky fpring. No free Meander winds along. Or calls, when Zephyr wi^ves his wing, Thefe charms, alas ! are now no more-*-> Fortune, oh f give me to redeem The raviih'd vafe ; oh ! give me to reilore Its priftine honours to this haplefs dream f / Then, Nymph, again, with all their native eafo» Thy wanton waters, volatile and free. Shall wildly warble, as they pleafe. Their foft loquacious harmony. Whcre-e'er they vagrant chufe to rove. There will I lead, not force their way. Whether to gloom beneath the fbady grove. Or in the mead refiedl the fparkling ray. Not [ 300 3 Kot tiAnir't vuioiu ftrem fhaQ thint fhrpafi; Tbo' Nature, *tid hir Ltttleton ordain That then die Naid band (hoa'd grace Vndi ev'17 wat'rjr cKann the plain ; That there the frequent rills flton'd roll. And health to ev'ry flow't diTiKitfef Feet as ituai maftcr ponn from all )iii foul The gen'ront tide of warm beaerolence ; Shon'd now j^de fweetly plaindre thro' the nle Ib melting murmurs queniloDlIy flow ; Sofi ai that maAer'i lorc-lom tale. When Ltrcv calls forth all hi* woe : Shou'd now from flecp^ height* defcend, Deep-thand'ring the rough rocks among, Load as Ihe praife applauding fenatet lend. When England's unfe infpires his glowing tongoe. i 1 303 1 M V S M V S: MONODY TO THE MEMbuY of Mr P P JB. Ih Imitation of M 1 1 t o 11 *s lycidas^ [Bj the Sam.} Sorrowing I catch the reed» ahd call the mafe; If yet a mufe on Britain's plain abide. Since wrapt Mtjs^us tun'd his parting flrain : With him they liv*d« With him perchance they dy*tl. , For who e'er fince their virgin train eipy'd. Or on the hanks of Thames, or that mild plain* Where Ifis fparkles to the funny ray ? Or have they deign'd to play, s Where Camus winds along his broiderM vale. Feeding each white pink, and each daifie pitd. That mingling paint his rufliy-fiinged fide ? Yet [ 304 J Tetali? cdeftial maids, ye are not dead; Immortal as ye are, ye may not die : And well I ween, ye cannot quite be fled. Ere ye entane his mournful elegy. Stay then awhile, O flay, ye fleeting fair ; Revifit yet, nor hallowed Hippoctene, Nor Thefpia*8 flude ; dll your harmonious teen Be grateful pour'd on fome flow-ditted air. Such tribute paid, again ye may repair To what lov^d haunt yon whilom did ered ; Whether Lycxus, or .ths^t mountain fair Trim Mxnelans,* with piny verdure decked. But now it boots you not in thefe to ftray. Or yet Cyllene's hoary fliade to chde. Or where mild Ladon*s fwelling waters play. Forego each vain excufe. And hafte to Thames*s fliores ; for Thames (hall join •iur fad fociety, and paffing mourn. Letting cold tears bedew his iilver urn. And, when the poet^s withered grot he laves. His reed-crown'd locks fhallfhake, his head (hall bow, His tide no more in eddies blithe (hall rove. But creep foft by with long-drawn murmurs (low. For oft the poet rons'd his charmed waves With martial notes, oi: lulPd with (bains of love. He muft not now in brifk meander^ flow Gamefonve, and kifs the fadly-filent (hore. Without the loan of fome poetick woe. . Can 4 [ 305 } Can I forget, how erft his ofiers made » Bad fallen maiick^ as bleak Earns fann'd ? Can I forget, how gloomed yon laareat ihade. Ere death remorfelefs wavM his ebon wand i How, midA yon grot, each filver-trickling fj^riag Wafider*d the iheliy channels all among ; While as the coral roof did fofily ring Refponfive to their fweetly-dolefol fong f Meanwhile all pale th* expiring poet laid. And funk hjs aweful head» While vocal fliadqws pleafing dreams prolong i for {o, his fick'ning fpirits to releafe»> They pour'd the balm of vifionary peace. Firft, fent from Cam's fair banks, like Palmer old. Came* TiTTavs flow, with head all filyer'd o'er. And in his hand an oaken crook he bore, • • • And thas tit antique gnlfe fliort talk did hold. *' Crete clerk of Fame' Is hoafe, whbfe excellence '* Male wele befitt thilk place of tmineilce, <* Mickle of wele betide thy hOures laft, '' For mich god^ wirke to me doti and paft. <' For fyn the dales whereas my lyre ben lirongen, <' And deftly many a mery Jaie I fongen, '* Old Time, which alle things don malicioafly, " Gnawen with rally tooth continually. Came » Titynis, &c»} i. e. Chavcer, a name frequently given him by Spenfer, vide Shep. Cal. £cl. %. 6* i%. and elfewhere. Vot. III. U «« Qnattrid M •* Gnattrid m)r lines, tKtt Acy atl ctncrii liett, «« Till at the lafc tktm fmoothcn Item h«ft agsdni <* Sithence M\ feineiy ^iden my riiymes rude, •« As, (if fitwA *hilk firiuKtndc) '< Whaitftifbalk^ brdokeyreniMthlioblingoVb *< Ovir rough ftontfe ft makeft ikSl tonf^ 'fbng i ** Bat, them ftones tfittdnren, this lite rivei^ «< Stealen forth by, maSl^kig ple^Ckvit ixittfih^tt " So my fely rh^^mes, ^ffiOib tnfty &eiir not^ «< Thott maken cverichonc to itk *J^ f«tc i «< And in tf^ f«^ «mii«irth ib Atifdy, " That men faycn I maitie twwe meliatdy, " And fpeaken tt^tty 4*1*^6 ftiyA^he« he fpeaks of Fable, are in the^naa of the Faeiy Qocen* r 308 ] «< If chflice iht Pcucock doth his phiines imfold '« Efdbons th«ar oieaMr beauties all decayiig^ ** He gjift'neth purple, apd he gliii*neth gold, ** Now with Vnghk green, now blue himfelf arrayii^. ^ ** Such is thy beaoty bright, all other beauties fwaying. V. ^ But why do I defcant this toyifli rhyme, " And fancies lig^t in fimple goife pourtray ? '< Lifting to chear thee at this rueful time, «' While as black Death doth on thy heartftrings prey. <' Yet rede aright, and if this friendly lay * f< Thou nathlefs judgeft all too flight and vain, *' Let my well-meaning mend my ill ef&y c << So may I greet thee with a nobler flrain, ^' Whenfoonwemeetforaye,inyonftar^prinkIedpIain.^' Laft came a bard of more exalted tread. And ' Thyrsis hight by Dryad, Fawn, or Swain^ Whene'er he minj^ed with the fylvan train ; But feldom that ; for higher thoughts he fed 1 For him full oft the heavenly Mufcs led To dear Euphrates, and the fecret mount, - To Araby, and Eden, fi^iant climes ; All which the facred bard would oft recount : And * HightThyr^sJ i. c. Milton. Lyddas and the Eplta- -phium Damonis are the only Paftorals we have />f Milu>n*s i in the latter of which, where he laments Car. Deodates under thenameofPamon, he calls himfelfXhyrfis. [ 309 3 And thus in ftnutti annsM in grove or fhade. To fad MvsMVs rightful homage paid. *' Thrice hail» thoa heav*n-taught warbler^ laft and bift *' Of all the train I Poet, in whom conjoined ^* All that to ear, or heart, or head, could yield ** Rapture; harmonbus, manly, clear, fublimel ** Accept this gratulation : may it chear *^ Thy finking foul ; or thefe corporeal ills '* Oaght daunt thee, or appall. Know, in high heaven ** Fame blooms eternal o'er that fpirit divine, <' Who builds immortal verfe. There thy bold Mufe^ ** Which while on earth could breathe Maeonian fire* *< Shall foar feraphick heights ; while to her voice ** Ten thourjund Hierarchies of angels harp ^* Symphoniops, and with dulcet harmonies " U(h^r the fong rejoicing. I meanwhile; *' Tofooththee in thefe irkfome hours of pain, ** Approach thy vifitant, with mortal laud ** To praife thee mortal. Firft, (as firft befeems) <' For rhyme fubdu'd i rhyme, erfl the minfbxl rude «* Of Chaos, Anarch old : (he near his throne '' Oft taught the rattling elements to chime ^ With tenfold din; till late to earth upborn ** On ftrident wing, what time fair poefie ** Emerged from Gothickdoad, and faintly fliot <' Rekindling gleams of Ittftre. Her the fiend «< Opprefs^d ; forcing to utter uncouth dirge, <* Runick, or Leonine ; and with dire chains U 3 V Fettered «* Aim'd to deftrof, xniftaikkKg : bondft Kkc titdft «f *Tw»e gieater art t* esvnoble, asdcefiiie. •' For this fiftperior pan MutJEUa came : «• Thod ca^i'ft, and at thy magick touA ll?tt clainfl " Off dfopt, and (piaffing ftrange r) foftjwicathcdbsmdr *« Of flow' rs their pkc«fepply'd: which wdB Aft Muftr «* Might wear for dioice, not force ; obftraSum note, '^ Bat lovdseft ornament. Wond'roiis this* yet hero '^ The womdcr refts not ; varions argument «' Aemains for me, all doabtmg, where to cvH ** The primal grace, where countlcfs grades charm. ^* Varioits this peacefal feeiie ; this mineral roof i ** This Semblance meet of coral, ore, and (hell) ** Thefe pomted cryftak fair, 'mid each obfcnre " Bright glift'fing ; a^thefc flowly-drippiag rai», ** That tinkling ftray aanid the cooly cave. <' Yet not this various peaceftil Ibene ; with thk *^ Its mineral roof i nor this aiTemhlage meet *' Of coral, ore, and ffiell ; nor *mid th' obftme ' ^ Thefe pointed cry flalsi glifl'ring f^; noriiB#^ ** That ftra)4ng tinkle thm* the cooly cave ; <* Deal channs mere varioas to each laptnr^d Mkf *f Than thy meMaoos lay««-«-.** '' Ceafe, fiiradlyfwms (MusAvsoy^d^' and lais'd his aching head) '* All praife is fixreigir, but of true dckrti I* Plays round the head^ hot comes not to die hcartw •• Ah! f 3u 3 *• Ah! ^y f«caH the tQy$ Qf tiiopglvtUft yfiitk I " When flow'iy i6tk>n held the pljicf of »-«lh ; . ** When fancy vurd ; when trUPd each trivial Urakm * *' But idly fweel, and «Jega»tJy vajn. '' O ! in that ftrai«> if aU of wit had flow'd, " All mufick warbled* and all bea«^ glow*d i ** Had livelieft nature, bi^ppiell: art cpmlna'd j " That lent each grace, and this each graee refin'd* . - '< Alas ! how. little were my proudeft boait I ' *' The fweeteft trtfler of my tribe at moft. " To fway the judgment, while hci charms the eaf ; ' ** To curb mad paffion in iis wilj^ career i '< To blend with ikill, as loftieft fhemes infpire, ** All reafon^ rigottr» and all fancy^s iire ; '< Be this the poei*s praife ; with this uncrowned* <* Witdiesajtft, and poetry a. fqond, << Come then that honeft faoie » whole ibber ray <^ Or gilds the fatire, or the tnpral lay.; *' Which dawnsi tho'thoo^roijghJPoNvalhewpiitch^linef^ ^* But beams, fage HoaAca I f^om each ftr^n of th}»e* . '< O f if, like thefe, one poet. more coold brave. *' The venal fU^efman, or the titled flave ; *^ Brand frontlefs Vice, ftrip al} her fiars and ftringip ^' Nor fpare her bafking iq the faile of kings : ^* Yet ftqop to Virti^e, tho' the proftrate maid - , " Lay fadly pale in bleak misfortune's (hade : ** If grave, yet lively; rational, yet warm; , f* Clear to convince, and eloquent to charo^ U4 •* He 9€ 4€ C 3" ] ^ He poured, for her IoT*d caufe^ ferene along The pureft precept, in the fweeteft fong : For her lov*d caafe, he trac'd his moral plan^ ** Yon various region of bewild*ring man ; ** Explored alike each fcene, diat frown'd or fmil'd, «' The flow*27 garden, or the weedy wild; ** UnmovM by fophiflry, nnaw^d by name, <* No dope to dodrines, and no fool to fame ; '< Led by no fyflem^s devious glare aftray, ** As earth-bom meteors glitter to betray : ** Bot all his foul to reafon*s role reiign'd, << And heav*n*s own views fairop*ning on his mind, ^* Catch^d from bright natnre^s flame the living ray, ** Thro* paffion's dood poor^d in reiiftlefs day ; ** And this great troth in all its lufh-e fhew^d, ** That God is wise, and all Creation good : *' If this his boail, poor here the welcome lays ; ^* Praife lefs than this, is impotence of praife/* ** To pour that praife be mine," fkir Virtiw cry'd. And fhot all radiant, thro* an opening cloud. Bot ah \ ny Mufe, how will thy voice exprefs Th* immortal fbain, harmonious, as it flowed ? Illfoits inunortal fhrain a dorick drefs : And far too high already haft thou foar'd. Enough for thee, that, when the lay wase^er. The goddefs dafp'd him to her throbbing breaft. Sot what might that avail ? Blind Fate before H«d i 3^3 1 Had op*d her (hears, to flit his vital thread ; TVttd who may hope gainfay her ftem beheft ? Then thrice he wav*d the hand, thrice bow'd the head» And figh'd his foul to reft. Then wept the Nymphs ; witnefs, ye waving (hades ! Witnefs, ye winding ftreams ! the Nymphs did weep : The heavenly Goddefs too with tears did fteep Her plaintive voice, that echo'd thro' the glades ; And, " cruel gods", and " cruel ftars", Ihe cjy'd: Nor did &e (hepherds, thro* the woodlands wide. On that fad day, or to the pendve brook. Or ftagnant river, drive their thirfty flocks ; Nor did the wild-goat brou^se the fteepy rocks ; And Philomel her caftomM oak forfook ; And rofes wan were wav'd by zephyrs weak. As nature^s felf was fick ; And every lilly droop'd its velvet head ; And groanM ^ach faded lawn, and leaflefs grove : Sad fympathy J yetfure his rightful meed. Who charmed kll nature : well might Nature moam Thro' all her fweets; and flow'r, and lawn, and (hade. All vocal grown, all weep Mvs jevs dead. Here end we, Goddefs: this your (hepherd fang. All as his hands an ivy chaplet wove. O ! make it worthy of the facred bard, i^d make it equal to the (hepherd's love. Nor thou, MusAvs, from thine ear difcard. For i , f 3H 1 For wen I wecD thoa hcar*ft my doltfvl foag : Whether 'mid angel troops, the ftars. among. From golden harp thou cairft (eraphick lay$; Or, anxious for thy dearefl Virtue's fare, Thott ftill art hoy'ring o'er our tunelefs fphere. And m6v*A fome hidden fpring her weal to raife. Thus the fond fwain on dorick oate eflay*d, * Manhood's prime honours downing en "his cheek : Trembling he ftrove to court the tuneful maid With ftripling arts, an4 dalliance aH too weak ; Unfeen^ unheard, beneadi an hawthorn ihade. But now dun clouds the welkin 'gan to fireak ; And now down-dropt the larks, and ceas'd their ftrain : They ceasM^ and with themceas'd the ihepherd fwa&« AN An E0ay on Satire, occafioned by the Death of Mr. POPE. [By lit Srv, Mr. Bkownb.] O /atrtJ vitafan, hfi fir tmtb^i Jt/tnet^ S*lt Jriad cf filij, t/ici, awd in/oitne* I T» allf but hiav^m-iiTtBtd bandt, dtirf'J, Tbt Ma/i may give tbte, but tbt Gtdi kkJI guitk, FATE gave the word, the cruel anow fped. And Pope lies nuraba'd with the migtiLt}' dead i 3 Bj^fllt* Sxidthig DuIIneTs cy'd the fetdng light. And flappM her wing^ impatient for the wght : Gttilt at the fignal rowzing all her train. Broods o*er the glories of her growing reign : Th' envenomM monfters fpit their deadly foam, ' To blail the laurel that farround» his tomb ; With inextingttiihable rage they burn. And fnake-hung Envy JiiiflTes o'er his urn. But thou whofe eye, from paiixon*s film xcBxCd, Can fee true greatnefs in an hondl mind ; Can fee each virtue and each grace unite. And tafte the raptures of a pure delight; G vifit oft his aweful page with .care. And view the bright aifemblage treafur*d there. Yet deign to hear the efforts of a Mufe, Whofe eye, not wing, his ardent flight purfoes ; Intent from this great archetype to draw. Or faintly fhadow Satire's powV and law; Pleas'd, if from hence th* unlearned may comprehend A|id revVence bxs and Satirb*s generous end. 1. In evVy breaft there bums an aflive flame. The love of glory, or the dread of fhame : ThepaffionoNE, tho* different forms it wear. As brightep'd into Jhope, or funk by fear i The lifping infant, and the hoary fire. And youth and manhood feel the heart- bom fire ; . The charms of praife the coy, thcmodefl woo. And fly from glory that ihe^may purfue : (As I [ 3^7 J ( Ai Galatea S fhyfoi on the gnjCBj^ \ Hides in ^e grove^ yet wilfacB to be feen :) - She, pow'rf^l godidcfs^.ndea the wife and peat; Bends ev'n relaxant hermits at her feet: Haants the ,pitmd city; and the lowly Aade^ And fways alike the fcepter and lihe fpade. Heav'n thas in man its friendly pow*r difplays. To urge him on to deeds that tatnt praife : Bat man, vain man,, to folly only wiie, Kejedls the manna fent him from the ikies : With rapture heaiv corrapted paffion*$ calif Still p-ondly prone to mingle with the ftall. As each deceitful ihadow tempts his view* He for imagined fnbftahce guiti the true : £ager to catch the TifiOnary prise. In queft of glory plunges deep in vice j Till madly zealous, impotently vainit. He forfeits ev*Ty praife he pants to gain* Thus ftiU imperious nature plies her part. And ftiU her didates work in ev*ry heart : Each pow*r that fovereign nature bids enjoy, Man may corrupt, but man can ne*er defboy : Xike mighty rivers, with refiiUefs force The paffions rage obftrufled in their courfei SweU Galatea lafciva puella Fugit ad ialices, fsd fe cupit ante videri* Vir^. I 5X« ] Swell to nm' hiAghts,' fbfUdden {mmIm titplet0. And drown thoTe virttteft, wkicli Chtjc fed bcfovt* . Andiure At deadH«ft fot tO'¥itt«^f tfaai^i Our worft of cvils> n | )tf yett e d flianie« Beneath this 71^ wii«t dkb^ niuntera gf0sa> The fhackled flkVM t^ M^ not dieil^ own I Blind toooMimihyfofiM hBf%opptek% We feek oar vittoai in Mdi od^*t ^cesft » Meanly adopt anotMr^ wiUL papritt, . ■ Another's weakno&i jot aaothcr% VLbo* Each tool to hMd-wiBk*d prfde» fo pomi^ffoi^ That pines in {(faidid wietchednrtfe ^^at»i TirM in ambitioo^t chafii, mmU wA^ yigbi, And but for (hanie, iika SyOa^ ^t the ^Id ; The daemon Shame paints itrong die ridkute^ And whifpers dofe ** ^e world will cili 70m foot." Behold yon wretch^ . fto impioos saftdnnfi diir*n. Believes and tremUcs« while he icoffa at hetVa t By weaknefs firong, tnd bold thro' fear atotte^ > He dreads the fioeer by fludlpw coiEcoiaba thfown^ Daundefs porfoes the path SpiiuMBa trod. To man a coward, m braToe to God* Tntfh, ^ Vois-tn ce libertm en public intrepide, <2ui preche contre un Dieu que dans fon ame il croit ? II iroit embraiTer la verlte qu^il voit : Jidais des fefaux urns il evaint la raiUeriey £t ae bravcainfi Pieu que par pohronncrie. Boix^. £p. s* Trath, juftice, hesLr% in vain (ball claim their pow% If the heart court fantaftick honour more : Thos virtue Truks beneadi unnumbered woes. When paifionft bom her friends, revolt, her foes. Hence Satire's pow'r: Tis her inflru^livepait To calm the wild diforders of tiie heart : She points the arduoos height where ^ofy lies. And teadies mad ambithm to be wife ; From foul example kindles fair defire. Draws good from 111, from flint elicits fire ; Like the nice Bee^ with art moft fubtTy trae. From poys'nons vice extradls a healing dew*i Strips black oppreffion of her gay difguife. And bids the hag id native horror rife } Strikes bloated pride, and lawlefs rapine dead, And plants the wreath of fame on virtue's head« Nor boafts die nrafe imaginary powV, Tho' oft' (he moura thofe ills fhe cannot cure : The worthy court her, and the worthlefs fear; Who hate her jniercing eye, that eye revere : Her aweful voice the vain and vile obey. And ev'47 foe to wifdoffl feeb her fway : Smarts, pedants, as fhe fmiles, no more grow vain; Pefponding fbp« refign the douded cane : « Parody on thefe lines of Mr. Pope : In the nice Bee what art fo fubtly true From poys'nous herbs extracts a healing ,dew« i [ 320 3 Haih'd at her voice, pert folly^t f^f is itiH> - * And'dulnefs wonders while (he drops her quill. Her hand from vice fair virtues oft hath fpning^> As the Hdll'd planter raifes flowVs from dting : Weak are the ties which puUick art can find. To quell the madnefs of the tainted mindf: Canning evades, fecurely wrapt in wiles ; And force fbong-finew'd rends th^ unequal toShi The ftream of vice impetuous drives along, : Too deep for policy, for powV toafbong : Ev^n fair religion, native of the ildes, Scom'd by the fool, feeks refngs with the wife. But Satire's arrow fearches^ ev*ry breaft ; She plays a ruling paifion on the reft : Fail binds the ilave that earth and heaven defyM, And awes him from the battery of his pride. When fell corruption, by her vafTals crown*dy Derides falPn juftice proibate on the ground ; Swift to redrefs an InjurM people's groan. Bold Satire (hakes the tyrant on his throne : - Powerful as death, defies the fordid train. And flaves and fycophants furround in vain. But with the friends of vice, the foes of Satire, All truth is fpleen, all fpirit is ill-nature.-— Well may they dread the Mufe^s fatal ikill ; Well may they tremble when ihe draws her quitl. Her magick quill, that like Ithiu-iers fpear. . . ' ' * Sifplays the doren lio64 or lengthened ear ) Bids [ 321 ] Bids vice and fUly take unbonowM flupei; Turns dqchefles to * ftrampets, beaux to apes^ Drags the vMe whifperer from his dark abode* * Till all the daemon ftarts op from the toad. O fordid maxim, form*d to fcreen the vile. That true good-natore ftill muft wear a fmile I In frowns involvM her beauties ftronger rife. When love of virtue wakes her fcorn of vice : Where juftice calls, 'tis cmelty to fave } And *tis the law^s good-nature hangs the knave. Who combats virtae^s foe, is virtae*s friend ; Then judge of Satir£*s merit by her end : To guilt alone her vengeance ftands confinM* The obje£t of her love is all mankind. They leaft are pain'd, who merit Sature mod : Folly the laureates, vice was Chartres' boaft ; And fure 'tis joft to gibbet high the name Of fools and knaves already dead to flume. Oft' Satire a6b the faithful furgeon*s part ; Generoas and kind, tho' painful is her art : Heropdcks all the dark difeafe expl<»re. Her weapon launces wide the gangrened fore ; Deep wounds hypocrify's fair feeming fkin. Where death in ulcerous humours lurks within : With caution bold, flie only ftrikes to heal, Tho* folly burns to break the friendly fted. * Not thefe into duchefles $ whtcl^ is but a aoderg irt# Vol.. III. X Then 3 [ 1^2 ] Then fore no g/iit iinpavtM Satii^e Juio^^ Kind, evenin ve«gcanoe kjiDi to "vixtae'y tos : Whofe is the cciiae^ tke fcandal toa be th^djr^s : The knave and lool aj» their own UbeU^r^.. 2. Dare nobl/ then : But confcious of ^ar tntft^ As ever warm and boU» be evisr juft : Nor court applauie in thefe dflgener^te day3 1 The hate of vilhuns is catorfied praife. 0*er all be ileac^ in a moUe end* And fhew mankind that Iruth has yet a fijiend. 'Tis mean for empty praif<^ of wit to write, ^ As foplings laugh, tp (hew ^ir teeth are white ; To lafli a dpnbtfijl foUy with a fmile| Or madly blaze unknown defeds, is «vil^ ; 'Tis doubly vile, whenl>ttt to prove your aA» You fix an arrow in a fahmelefs heart* O loft to honour's call, O ioom'i to (ha^e, r Thou fiend accnrs'i^ thou mwderer ef Aioe f Fell ravifhen ^m iimocenee to tear That name, dum life,, thaniieedam held more difcovcrs a very contempHble defe£t either of fmeerity or pene- tration. The qiieftion coneerning Ridicule maybe thus not improperly' ftated : Whether doubtful proportions of any kind can be afcer- tained by tlie application of ridicule ? Much might be faid on this queRion : but a few words will make the matter clear to an unprejudiced mind. The difapprobation or contempt which certain objects raife in the mind of man, is a particular nnode of paflion : the ob- je6ls of this pafTion are apparent falihoods, incongruity, or impropriety of fome particular kinds. • Thusj the obje€l of fear is apparent danger, or probable approaching ill. ^ But who has ever dreamt of eitsdting the paiiion of fear into a ftandard or ted of real danger ? The defign muil have been re]e£ied as abfurd, becaufe it is the work of reafon only, to correct and fix the pafTion on its proper obje61s« The cafe is parallel : appa- rent or fi^eming falihoods, ^c. are theobje^b of contempt, but it is the work of reafon only, to determine whether the fuppofed falftiqods he real or fi^itious. But it is faid, << The ienie of **' Ridicule can never be miftaken.'*— Why, no niore can the fcnfe of Danger.——'* What, d-o men never fear without " reafon ?"— Yes, very commonly : but they as often defpiiic and laugh without reafon. And thus, before any thing can be determined in either cafe, reafon, and reafon only, mull ex- amine circumftances, feparate ideas, decide upon, reftrain and correft the paifion. Hence it follows, that the way of ridicule is in la^ no more than a fpecies of eloquence : It applies to a paiTion, and there- ' fore can go no farther in the inveftigatioii of truth, than any of thofe arts which tend to raLfe love, pityt terror, rage or hatred in the heart of man. Confequently, bis Lordihip might have •tranfplanted the whole fyftem of rhetoiick into his new fcheme, with r [ 325 3 Sajr, ihall we join a while this gaping* crew. And prov^ at leaft, the ideot may be true. Deride oar weak forefathers* mufly ralej Who therefore fipU'd, becaufe they faw a fool ? Sablimer logick now adorns our ifle ; We therefore fee a fool, becaufe we fmile ; Truth in a gloomy cave why fondly feek ? Lo ! gay ibe fits in laughter's dimpled cheek : X 3 Contemnf with the fame propriety as he hath introduced the way of ri^ dicule itfelf. A hopeful projefl this, for the propagation of truth! As this fcems to be the real nature and tendency of ridicule. It hath been generally dtfcouraged by philofophers and divines, together with every other mode of eloquence, when apply d to controverted opinions. This difcouragement, from what Is faid above, appears to have been rational and juft ; therefore the charge laid againft divines with regard to this affair by a 3Eealous admirer of lord Shaftfbury (See a note on the PJe&fures of Imagination, Book III.) feems -entirely groundle^ The dtfHn6tion which the fame author hath attempted with relpefl to the Influence of ridicule, between fpeculative and moral truths. ieems no better founded. It is certain that opinions are no lefs liable, to ridicule than a£lions. And it is no lefs certain that the way of ridicule, cannbt determine the propriety or im- propriety of the one, more than the truth of the other ; be- caufe the fame padion of contempt is equally engaged in both cafes, and therefore (as above) reafon only can examine the circumfbnc^s of the action or opinion, and thus fix the paflion on its proper objects. x Upon the whole, this newdefign of difcovering truth by the vague and unfteady light of ridieUle, puts one in mind of the honefl Irifhman, who apply*d his candle to the fun-dial in order to fee how the night went. [ 32n, pr her own. Let ckar-eyM reafoh at the helm pteiide, ^ear fo thp wind, or ^t^ the farioas tide : Then m^r^h may urge when reafon can explore. This point thp way, that waft us to the Ihore. Tho' difhnt times be iketch'd in Satire's page^ Yet chief 'tis her's to draw the prefent age : Withwifdom's lufbe, folly's fhade contraft. And judge the reigtiing mariners by the pafl : pid Britain's heroes (aweful fhades !) arife, Af3i$l a^ci^nt honour beam on modern vice : Poinf C 3*7 ] Point back to flftinds ingenuotiSy anions fair. Till the fons btuifa at what their fathers' wer^ ; Ere yet 'twas beggary the great ta trtrff ; Ere yet 'twas quite a fcandal to be juft ; ' When valgar (harpers only dar'd a lye. Or fiilfify'd the card, or cogg'd the dye 5 Ere lewdnefii the fhiin'd garb of honour wore. Or chaftity was carted for thr whcn'e. Vice ftrutted in' the pbunes of freedom drefs*d. Or pablick Spirit was the pablick jeft: Ere yet indignant Satire's honefl: page Was fir'd to vengeance by an iron age. The parent and the nurfe of ti*rf crime. The dregs, the drainings of exhanfted time. Be ever in a j oft ^xpreffion bold. Yet ne'er degra4e fair Satire to a fcold : ]Let no unworthy rage l^er form debaft. But let her fmile, and let her fr6\rn with j^aice : In mirth be temperate, decent in her fpleen j Nor, while ftie preaches modefty; obfcene : Deep let her wound, not rankle to a- forr; Nor call his lordftiip— , her grace a* — — *. r The Mufe's charms with fiireft fbrce aflail, • When wrap'din irony's trajifparentveif: Her beauties half-conceal'd the niore fbrprize, And keener luftre fparkles in hereyes. Then be your line with Iharp encomiums grac'd : jStile Cloditts honourable, Bufa chafle : X4 For [ 3*8 ] Tor memoirs, Ajtt tlie glory of the nation ; Cibber for ode, and Gordon for tranflation f • Dart not on folly an indignant eye : Who e*er difchargM artillery on a fly ? Laugh not at vice : abford the thought and vain. To bind the tiger in fo weak a chain : Nay more : when.flagrant crimes your laughter move^ The knave exults : to fn^e is to approve. The Mufe's laboor then fucceft ihall crown. When folly feels her fmile, and vice her frown. Know next whatmeafures to each theme belong. And fuit your thoughts and numbers to your fong ; On wings propoFtionM to your quarry rife, Andilopp to esurth, or foar among the ikies^ Thus when prevailing folly daims a fmile. Free the expreffion, hamb^ be the flile : In ihains adapted fing: the midnight toil Of camps and S s diidplin^d by Hoyle. In ardefs numbers paint th* ambitious P ^r. That mounts the boor, and (bines a charioteer. For glory warm, t^ leather belt puts on. And fmacks the whip with art, and rivals John i Or him whofe moderate ambiticm reaches But to his hip, a connoifTeur in breeches. Proud with his fheers to dip his way to fame. And grope for glory while he covers ihame. Let « Of T2citB«i Let Satire here in milder beauty fhine^ And gayly graceful fport along the line j Bid aukward folly quit her thin pretence. And fmiie each affeftation into fcnfc. Not fo when Virtue by her guards bctray'd, Spum'd from her throne, implores the Mufc's aid. When crimes which erft in kindred darknefs lay. Rife frontlefs and infult the eye of day : When weeping Hymen veils his hallow'd fires, ^ And whitc-rob'd Ckaftity with fighs retires ; And rank Adultery on the marriage bed Hot from Cocytus rears her crimfon head : When private Faith and publick Truth are fold. And traitors barter Liberty for gold : When fell Corruption dark and deep^ as fate. Saps the foundation of a tottering ftate.: When Giant-«Vice and Irreligion rife On mountain*d falfehoods to invade the fkies:-^ Then warmer numbers glow thro* Satj&£*s page^ And all her fmiles are darkened into rage : On eagle wing (he gains Parnaifus' height^ Not lofcy Epick foars a nobler flight ; The confcious mountain trembles at her nod. And cv'ry aweful gefture fpcaks the God : Then keener indignation fires her eye. Then flafh her lightnings, and her thunders fly ; Wide and more wide the flaming bolts are hurVd^ Till all her wrath involves the guilty world. Yet . 1 [330] Yet Satire oft* affiimes a gentler inein. And beams on virtue's friends a fmile ferene ; Kelndant wouads^ bot pours her balm wilih joy, ^ PleasM to commend, where merit ftrikes her eye. Bat tread with caution this enchanted ground, | Inclosed by faithlefs precipices round : Truth be your guide ; diidain ambition's eaU : And if you fall with truth, you grektly fall. 'TIS virtue's native luibre that mnfl: fhine } The poet can but fet it in his line : And who unmov'd with laoghter can behold ij A dirty pebble meanly grac'd with gold } Let real merit then adorn your lays, For fhame attends on proftituted praiifp : And all yoar wit, your moft diftinguiih'd art Can only prove, you want an honell heart. Nor think the Mufe by Sat i r e's law confiu'd^ She yields defcription of the noblefl kind. Grea is the toil, the latent foul to trace. To paint the heart, and catch internal grace > By turns bid vice and virtue ftrike our eyes, Now bid a Wolsey or Sejanus rife; Now with a touch more facred and refin'd. Call forth a Brutus' or a SciPio's mind ; Here fweet or ftrong may ev'ry colqur flow :- Pere let the pencil warm, the canvafs glow : Of light and Ihade provoke the noble ftriffe. And wake the fwelling figures into lifp. 3. T&ro* C 33» ] 5. Thro* ages thus hath SATmt greadjr (bm% The fiiend to truth, to virtue, and mankind: Yet the fair plant from virtue ne^er had fprung ; And man was guilty ere the poet fang. With joy the Mufe beheld each better age. Till glowing crimes had wak*d her into fage : Truth faw her honed fpleen with jail delight^ And bade her wing her (hafts, and urge their flight; Firft on the fons of Greece fhe prov'd her art. And Sparta felt the fierce Iambtck dart \ ToX'atiam tiext, avenging Satire flew : The flaming faulchiOfl bdd LvciLivs 'drew; With dauntlefs warmth in virtue's caufe engaged* And confcious tillains trembled as he higM. Next, playful Horace ^ caught the geterous fire; For Satire*s bow refign'd the founding lyr^ : Each arrow polifh'd in his hand was feen. And as it grew mofe poUfh'd, grew more keen. He cloath'd his art in ftiidy'd negligence, folitely lly, cajolM the foes of fenfc; Seem « ^ Archilocum propricr rabks armavit Iambic. HOK* i Enfe velttt ftri^lo qiMtic» Lucilius ardena Infremuit, rubet auditor {;ui friglda mens eft Criminibusy tacrtl Aidant prabtordiA culpa, Juv.^Sati, ¥ Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit, & admiflius circum praecordla ludlt, pallidum excuiTa populum fiifpendcre nafo« Pers. Sat. X. [ 33^ 1 8«CQi* The ]^p ef powV, the proftitate to gain. Wreaths that ihon'd deck fair vixtoe's foraiafene. To fimmpets, traytors^ tyrants, vildy throsen :^ Unrivard parts, the fcom of honeft fame i And genias rife a monument of fliame \ More happy France : immortal Boileav thene Proteded Wifdom with a facer's care : Him widl her love propitious Satiri bkIsM, And breath'd her airs divine into his breaft : To form his line, perfedion*s laws conipirs. And faaltlefs judgment guides unbounded §a» •: Whether he fmiles at folly*s fond caprice. Or pours the thunder of his rage on vice. But fee at length relenting Satxrb fmile. And (howV her choiceft boon on BRtTAiN*s ifle : , Behold^ r 335 ] Behold, for PoFft (he twines the lattrel trow]i» And leadf the bard triumphant to hia throne s Difpairing guilt ^nd dulnefs loath the fight. As goblins vanjih at q>pn>aching light $ The gentle Thames* that poors his urn h& by. Surveys the ftru&ure with revering eye : To a dear mirror fmooths his glafiy tide» Proad . to refleft a nation's jnfteft pride. But oh I what thon^itB, what numbers Ihftll I £nd» But faintly to expral^ the poet's mind ? Who yonder ftar's-^Ciilgeiice can difplay, Unlefs he dip his pencil in the ray ? Who paint a God« unlefs the God infpire ? What catch the lightning, bnt thefpeedof £re? So, mighty Pope, to make thy genius known^ All powV is weak, all numbers«»-but thy own. For thee each Mufe with kind contention ^0ve» For thee the Graces left th' Idalian grove i With watchful fbndnefs o'er thy cradle hung, Attun'd thy voice, and form'd thy infant tongtte. Next, to her bard majdlick Wi£clom came ; The bard enraptured caught the vigorous flame : With tafte fuperior fcorn'd the venal tribe. Whom fear can fway, or guilty greatnqifs bribe; At fancy's call who rear the wanton fail. Sport with the ^Iream, and trifle in the gale. Sublimer views tiiy daring fpirit bound i Thy mighty voyage was creation's round i Intent, I 336] Intent, new worlds of fcknce to explore^ And blcTs mankind with wifdom^s facred (lore; A nobler joy than wit can give, impart t 'And poar a moral tranfport o*er the heart, Fantaftick wit ihoots momentary fires. And like a meteor, while we gaze, expires ; Wit kindled by the fnlph^rous breath of vice^ Like the blue lightning, while it ihines, deftroys ; But genitts fir'd by truth's eternal ray Barns clear and conftant, like the foiirce of day ; Like this, its beam prolific and refin'd. Feeds, warms, infpi£ts, and exalts the mind ; Mildly difpelb each wintry paffion's gloom. And opens all the virtues into bloom ; This praife, immortal Pope, to thee be giv^n ; Thy geniu6 was indeed a gift from heav'n. Hail, bard unequalFd, in whofe deathlefe line Reafon and wit with ftrength coUeded fhine ; Where matchlefs wit but wins the fecond praife. Loft, nobly loft, in Truth's fuperiof blaze. Did friendftiip e'er miflcad his wandering Mufq ? O let that friendftiip -plead the great excufe; That facred friendftiip which infpir'd his fong. Fair in defeft, and amiably wrong. Ye deathlefs names, ye fons of endleft praife. By virtue crown'd with never-fading bays ! Say, fliali an artlefs Mufe, if you infpire, LigH: her pale lamp at your immortal fire? Should C 337 ] Sh#u'4 Oxc attempt, O may Ihc faultlers claim A fmall, a temporary wreath of fame ? If fuch her fate ; do thou, fair truth, defcen4> And watchful guard her ii^ an honeft end ; Kindly fevere, jnftruft |ier equal line To court no friend, nor owp a foe, but thiije. But if her giddy eye fliou'd vainly quit Thy facred paths, to run the maze of witj If her apoilate heart fliou'd e*er incline To offer incenfe at corruption's ihrine; Urge, urge thy pow'r, the black attempt confound, And dafh the fmoaking cenfer to the ground; Till aw'd to fear, infh-udled bards may fe^ That guilt is 4oom'd to iii^k in infamy. A Charaaer of Mr. P P £ 's Writings. B E I N Q An Epifode from the Poem callM Sicknbss, B. II. [By the Re*vjMr. Thompson.] ' In meafur'd time (So Heav'n has wiU'd) together with their fnows. The everlafting hills (hall melt away : This folid globe diflblve, as dudlile wax Before the breath of Vulcan ; like a fcr«U ' §hrivcl th' unfolded curtains of the Iky j Vol. III. Y Thy [338] Thy planets, Newton, tumble 6*0111 their fpheres i^ The moon be periih'd from htx blood)!; orb ; The fan himfelfy in liquid ruin, rufh ' And deluge widi deftroying flames the globe-- Peace then, my foul, nor grieve that Pope is dea4< If e'er the tuneful fpirit, fweetly ftrong. Spontaneous numbers, teeming in my breal^ Enkindle ; O, at that exalting name, Se favourable, be propitious now. While, in the gratitude of praife, I fing The works and wonders of this pi an divine. I tremble while I write — His lifping Mufe Surmounts the loftieft efforts of my age. What wonder ? when an infant, he apply*d The loud * Papinian trumpet to his lips, , Fir*d by a facred fury, and infpirM With all the god, in fqnnding numbers fung *' Fraternal rage, and guilty Thebes' alarms. Sure at his birth (things not unknown of olf}) The Grades toutid his bradle wove the dance^ And kd the maze of harmony : the Nine, Prophetick of his future honours, pour'd Plenteous, upon his lips, Caflalian dews ; And Attick bees their golden ftore di^ill^d. The foul of Homer, Aiding from its ilar. Where, radiant, over the poetick world It rules and fheds its influence, for joy ^hogtejf f Tf anflation qf the Firft Book of Sutius's Thebait, [ 339 ] Shouted, and bkfs'4 the birth: the facrtd choir Of poets, born in elder, better times, Enraptur'd, catch'd the elevating ftmnd, And roird the gladd*ning news from fphereto fpberf* »» Imperial Windfor ! raife thy brow aaguft^ Superbly gay exalt thy tow'ry head ; And bid thy forefts dance, and nodding, wav« A verdant teftimony of thy joy : A native Orpheus warbling in thy ihades. O Men to ^ ^i.e^is* tender plaint I How gently rural ! without coarfenefs, plain } How fimple in his elegance of grief! A ihepherd, but no clown. His every lay Sweet as the early pipe along the dale. When hawthorns bud, or on the thymy brow When all the mountains bleat, and vallies fing* Soft as the nightingale^s harmonious woe^ In dewy even-tide, when cowilips drop Their fleepy heijds, and langui^i in the bree^^e. * Next in the critick-chair furvey him thron*d^ , Imperial in his art, prefcribing laws Clear from the knitted brow, and fquinted faeer j Learn'd without pedantry ; correftly bold. And regularly eafy. Gentle, now. As rifing inc^enfe, or defcending dews. The variegated echo of his theme : Y 2 Now« k Windfor Foreft : Mr. PoPE born there. « Paftorals. *£flay cnCrittcifm, t ^40 J Now, animated flame commands the foal To glow with facred wonder. Pointed wit And keen difcernment form the certain page. Jofty as the Stagyritb ; as Horace, free $ As Fabiav, clear ; and as Petronius, gay. * But- whence thofe peals of laaghter ihake the fidea Of decent muth ? Am I in Fairy-land ? Yonngt evanefcent forms, before my eyes. Or ikim, or feem to fkim ; thin eiTences Of fluid light; zilphs, zilphids, elves and gnomes ; Genii of Roficmce, and ladies^ gods !— — ^ And, lo, in fhining trails Belinda^s hair, Beipangling with diflieverd beams the (kies. Flames o'er the night. Behind, a fatyr grins. And, jocund, holds a glafs, refle£ling, fair. Hoops, crofles, mattadoresj beaux, fliocks, and bellev, Promifcuouily whimfical and gay. Tassoni, hiding his dimini/h'd head. Droops o'er the laughing page : while Boileau ikulks. With blttihes covered, low beneath the deflc. More ^ mournful fcenes invite. The i^ky vein Of amorous grief devolves its placid wave Soft-ftreaming o*er the foul, in weeping woe i And tendernefs of anguiih. While we read I Th' infe£Uous page, we ficken into love, , , And langttifh with involuntary ires. f ,The Zephyr, panting on the filken buds Of • Rape of the Lock. , f QviD's Sappho to Phaon ; And Eloiss to Abblard. 1 341 ] Of breathing violets ; the virgin's iigh» Rofy with youth, are turbulent and rude. To Sappho's plaint, and Eloisa's moan. Heavens f what a flood of empyreal day My aking eyes involves ! A s tempk foars, Rifing like exhalations on a mount. And wide its adamantine valves expands. Three monumental columns, bright in air. Of figur'dgold,the center of the quire With luflre fill.- Popb on the midmoft fhines Betwixt his Homer and his Horace placed, Superior, by the hand of juftlce. Fame, With all her mouths th* eternal trumpet fwells. Exulting at his name ; and, grateful, pours The lofty notes of never-dying praife. Triumphant, iloatbg on thd wings of wind. Sweet o'er the world : th* ambrofial fpirit flies Difliiflve, in its progrefs widening flill, ** Dear to the earth, and grateful to the (ky.'* Fame owes him more than e'er flie can repay : She owes her very temple to his hands ; Like Ilium built ; by hands no lefs divine ! Attention, rouze thyfelf ! the mailer's hand, (The mafter of our fouls !) has chang'd the key. And bids the thunder of the battle roar Tumultuous *. Homer, Homer is our own ! • Temple of Fame* ^ Tranflation of Homer. And ^ I [ 342 ] And Grecian hero6s flame in Britifli linet. What pomp of words ! what namHefs energy Kindles the verfe j invigours ererjr line ; AfEonifhesy and overwhelms the foul In traniports tofs'd ! when fierce Achilles raves. And fliaihes, like a comet, o*er the field. To wither armies with his martial frown. I fee the battle rage ; I hear the wheels Careering with their brazen orbs ! The ihoot Of nations roll (the labour of the winds) Foil on my ear, and ihakes my inmoft fool. I>efcriptian never cou*d fo well deceive ; •Tis real f TaoY is here, or I at TaoY Enjoy the war. My fpirits, all on fire. With unextinguiih'd violence are borne Above the world, and mingle with the gods. Olympus rings with arms ! the firmament. Beneath the lightning of Minerva*s £hield» Bums to the center : rock the tow^'rs of heaven. All nature trembles, fave the throne of Jovs. ^ To root excefies from the human breaft j Behold a beauteous pile of Ethicks rife ; Senfe, the foundation ; harmony, the walls ; (The Dorique grave, and gay Corinthian joined) Where Socrates and Hokace jointly reign. Bell of philofoph^rs ! of poets too The bed ! He teaches thee thy felf to know : f Ethick Epiftlet. That [ 34S ] That virtue is the nobleft gift of heaven: ** And vindicates the ways of God to man.** O hearken to the moralift polite ! Enter his fchool of truth : where Plato^s felf Might preach ; and Tully deign to lend an ear. ^ Laft fee him waging with the fools of rhyme A wanton, harmlefs war. Dunce after dunce ; Beaux, doctors, templars, courtiers ; fophs and cits, Condemn*d to fufFer life. The motley crew. Emerging from oblivion^s muddy pool. Give the round face to view ; and fhamelefs front Proudly expofe ; till laughter have her fill. Born to improve the age, and cheat mankind Into the road of honour! • Vice again The gilded chariot drives : For he is dead! I faw the fable barge, along his Thames, In flow folemnity beating the tide. Convey his facred duft j — — — Its fwains cxpir'd ; Withered, in Twit'nam bowVs,the laurel-bough; Silent, the Mufes broke their idle lyres : TV attendant Graces checked the fprightly dance. Their arms unlocked, and catch*d the Parting tear; And Virtue for her loft defender mourn'd I ^ Dunciad. The I [ 344 ] The Cave of P o p e. A Prophecy. IBy R D .] WHEN dark oblivion in her fable cloak Shall wrap the names of heroes and of kings ; And their high d^eds fabmitting to the ftroke Of time» fhall fall amongfl forgotten things : Then (for the Mafe that diftant day can fee) I On Thames^s bank the Granger fhall arrive, With carioos wi/h thy facred grott to fee. Thy facred grott ihall with thy name farvive. • ■ • ■ Gratefbl pofterity, from age to age, Witii pious hand the mxn fhall repair : Some good old man, to each enquiring fage FoiDtiDg the place, fhall cry, " The Bard livM there^ *• Whofe fong was mufick to the lidening car, ^* Yet taught audacious vice and folly, fhame : •* Eaiy his manners, but his life fevcre ; " His word alone gave infamy or fame. *t SeqcefierM from the fool and coxcomb-mt, •• Beneath this filent roof the Mufe he founds; I Twas here he flept infpir'd, or fate and writ, ** Here with his friends the fecial glafs went round.'* With \ [ 345 ] Vfiih Kwefal venendon fliall they true The ft^pi which thoa fo long before haft *od| With reverend wonder new thefolemn place. From whence thy genini foar'd to natiac'i Go^ Then, fome linall gem, or moTi, or fbimag en, Depardng, each fhiM pilfer, in fond hope To,pleafe their biendi on ev'iy difiant Ihore, BoaftingftreUdcfroml^ Can of Ptrs. INDEX 1346 1 in D EX to the Third Volume. THE Choice of Hercules. J Poem. Page i Jn Ode to the People of Great Blitaifiy in ImitetHme of the Sixth Ode of the Third Bwtk ofHortBCC I z Pfyche : or the great Metamorphofis^ a Poem, writtim im Imitation of Spenfer ■'■ — 1 7 Jovi Eleutherio : Or, an Offering to liherty 38 jSn Epiftiefrom a Swifs Officer to his Friend at Rome 52 Life hurthenfomet^ hecaufe tve know not honv to nfe it, an Epifile ^ — 55 The Dntv of employing One's Self, an Epifile 58 On Scribbling againft Genius, an Epifile ■ 61 The Mimick »— - — — . 65 Jn Epiftiefrom Florence, toT.A. Tutor to the E. of? — 69 The Beauties^ an Epifile to Mr. Eckardt^ the Painter 84 Epilogue to Tamerlane, on the Supprejfionof the Rebellion 90 The Refolution, an Elegy ■ m ■ 95 ^he Enthufiaft, or the Lover of Nature. ' A Poem 97 An Ode to Fancy ■ ■■ 107 Stanzas ^written on taking the Air afier a long lUnefs 113 fThe tivo Beavers, a Fable . . >» 114 Contentment ■ " ■' 1 17 The Education of Achilles - ■ 119 An Epiftiefrom S. J. Ef^; in the Country, to the Right Hon. the Ld, Lovelace in Totv/r, ^written in the Year 1 735. 12^ To a Lady in Tonxmfoon after her leaving the Country 132 *To the Right Hon, the Lady Margaret Cavendifh Harley, prefented vjith a ColleStion of Poems ■ 1 36 Chloe/o Strepkon. A Song ■■ • 138 To the Right Hon, the Earl of CheSter^fM, on his being infialled Knight of the Garter \ 1 i" 139 To a Lady, fent with a Prefentof Shells -emd ^onesMfign d for a Grotto ■ 1 ■ 140 To C 347 1 fp u taif^ in Jhtfoitr u a LetHr wrM in a very jCvtf Hand » .. — 142 ne Jrt 0/ Dancing, A Pom — 1 44 fki nwdsmfine Qentleman, 'written in the Tear 1746 1 65 Jn Effay on Virtue^ H the Hon, Philip Yorke, Efq\ 169 *[ke Female Drum : or the Origin of Cards, A Tale, Addrefs*dto the Hon. Mifs Carpenter 1 77 To Mr. Fox, written at Florence. /» Imitation of Horace, Ode/^.Scokz. ' ■ — — 181 To the Same, from Hampton- Court, 1731. 183 The Poet* s Prayer ^ ^ »' ■ ■ 191 An E pi file to a La^ •• » " ■ ' » »m ' ■ " ■ 19 J Genius, Firtne, and Reputation : A Fable 196 Marriage A-la-Mode^ qr the t*wo Sparrows : A FaUe 199 j^ hfcription ■ ■ ■ 20» OdetoWifdom ■ ni ........... 203 To a Qentleman on his intending to cut down a Grove to en* large his ProfpeS «— — » ■ 1 207 Hytnn on Solitude ■ w ■■ ■ ■!■ 209 AnOdeonMo\}XS^%Harp — ^ ■ 211 On the Report of a Wooden Bridge to he built at Weftmin- ftcr — — - — ■ 213 The EJiimate of Life^ a Poem, in three Parts 214 On a Grotto near the Thames, at Twickenham 225 The Pleafure of Poetry. An Ode • 226 The Power of Poetry - ■ — 231 To a young Lady, with Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds 233 Song. 71? Sylvia ■ ■ 235 To the Author of the F2LrmtY^s Letters — • 236 Ferfes writtenin a Book called Fables for the Female Sex 237 f^erfes written in Sylvisi*B FrioT ■ 238 Upon a Lady'*s Embroidery ■ — ibid. Death and the DoSor. Occafiorid by a Phyficians lampoon- ing a Friend of the Author ■ 239 Infcriptions on a Monument to the Memory of a Lady*s fa*vouriie Bullfinch ■ ■ 240 The Trial of Selim the Perfian, /or di'vers High Crimes and Mifdemeanors * — ■■ - — 242 The [ 348 ] fit TnfBj, htingfix Cantatat it lit Htmur of hit Rayal HigL,/, Williun Duki ef CumberUnd z;; ^be Marriagi of tbi Mjrtle andtht Yrw. A Fabli 26; On a Baj-Liaf, flutk'ifrtm Virgil's 7ra^, ntar Naplei, 1736 . 268 7*Chloe — — — — — . 270 A Seng <»— ■ • 271 Fa/h'iM: ASatir* — — 374, Nature and Ferluni. To tit Eari ef ChtSoSetd 2S1 ' niExceptitm __ — 2Sj ft tb. Earl fl/ ChefterfieW 28+ Btmur. A Peiitt, Infcribtd te iht Sight H«M, iht Lcrd Fife. Lonfdale — — »• aSc OdttoaWotir.Nymph — — igt MuTkos : A Muniidy t* the Mtmtry n/Mr. Pope, in Jmiiatittt ef Milton's Lycidas _ -_ ^ joj An E^aj an Satire: eteejientj hj the Death »fMr.?ag» 315 ACharaQtr »f Mr.Yav^tWrilixgt — 337 7biCaiitef?0^. APrtpbiiy — 344 The END of VoL.,ni. ■^■-■, r. WWWII 1